Pietro Russo
Pietro Russo (fl. 1508) was a Sicilian mapmaker.
He was probably born in Messina[1] although it has also been speculated that he was of Mallorcan or Valencian origin.[2]
He made portolan charts, three or perhaps four of which are still extant. One of them, signed by pietru russu in Messina on 1 October 1508, is kept at the Maritime Museum of Barcelona.[1]
He was probably the father of , another Sicilian mapmaker.[1]
Notes[]
- ^ a b c Astengo, 2007, p. 225
- ^ Rey Pastor, Julio; García Camarero, Ernesto (1960). La cartografía mallorquina. Madrid: CSIC. p. 46. Sabater Rebassa, Tina; Juan Vicens, Antònia; Garriga, Magdalena Cerdà (May 2016). "Las cartas náuticas de la escuela cartográfica mallorquina. Aspectos artísticos y contexto productivo". Hortus Artium Medievalium. 22: 331–342. doi:10.1484/J.HAM.5.111354.
Bibliography[]
- Corradino Astengo, "The Renaissance Chart Tradition in the Mediterranean", in The History of Cartography, Volume Three (Part 1): Cartography in the European Renaissance, Edited by David Woodward, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2007, pp. 174–262.
- Roberto Almagià, "I lavori cartografici di Pietro e Jacopo Russo", in Academia Nazionale dei Lincei. Rendiconti della classe di Scienze morali, storiche e filologiche, serie VIII, vol. XII, fasc. 7-10, Luglio-Ottobre 1957, p. 301-320.
External links[]
- Pietro Russo's 1508 chart in the Maritime Museum of Barcelona
- 1511 chart signed "P.R." at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
- Unsigned chart attributed to Pietro Russo at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
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