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 Jacopo Russo, another Sicilian mapmaker.[1]

Notes
  1. Astengo, Corradino (2007). "7" (PDF). In Woodward, David (ed.). The History of Cartography: Cartography in the European Renaissance. Vol. 3. University of Chicago Press. p. 225. ISBN 978-0226907338. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  2. 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.


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