The Black Sea off Crimea is a crossing in the waters of the Black Sea, with the Crimean coast on the horizon, used on late Antiterran journeys and recurrent in operations of the eastern axis.
| Type | Place |
| Departure port | Uchronic Constantinople (1055) |
| Recurrent travelers | Time Bandits |
| Spanish entry | El Mar Negro frente a Crimea |
Description
The plate shows it from inside a small boat: overcast sky, dark short waves, gray light without full sun. A traveler in a long cape stands at the prow with a nautical chart unrolled, contemplating the rocky Crimean coast, “an accordion of cliffs” on the horizon.
The crossing is not made by galley (the Byzantine galley is the larger naval alternative) but without the imperial fleet noticing. The traveler’s chart holds routes the official cartographies do not mark, including secondary piers on the Crimean coast where Byzantine and ancient Russian intelligence cross “without a greeting.”