Pietro Russo
Pietro Russo (fl. 1508) was a Sicilian mapmaker. He was probably born in Messina although it has also been speculated that he was of Mallorcan or Valencian origin.
Also recorded as Petrus Russus
Pietro Russo
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- cartographer
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Pietro Russo (fl. 1508) was a Sicilian mapmaker. He was probably born in Messina although it has also been speculated that he was of Mallorcan or Valencian origin.
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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. He was probably the father of Jacopo Russo, another Sicilian mapmaker.
Pietro Russo is recorded as cartographer.
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- 1.Astengo, Corradino. The History of Cartography: Cartography in the European Renaissance. University of Chicago Press. 3. 225. 2007. 978-0226907338.
- 2.Sabater Rebassa, Tina. Las cartas náuticas de la escuela cartográfica mallorquina. Aspectos artísticos y contexto productivo. Hortus Artium Medievalium. CSIC. 22. 331–342. May 2016. 10.1484/J.HAM.5.111354.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- 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.
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