Pietro Russo Explained

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]

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Astengo, Corradino . The History of Cartography: Cartography in the European Renaissance . . 2007 . 978-0226907338 . Woodward . David . 3 . 225 . EN . 7 . 2022-10-12 . https://press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/HOC_V3_Pt1/HOC_VOLUME3_Part1_chapter7.pdf . PDF.
2. Book: CSIC. Rey Pastor. Julio. García Camarero. Ernesto. La cartografía mallorquina. Madrid. 1960. 46. Sabater Rebassa . Tina . Juan Vicens . Antònia . Garriga . Magdalena Cerdà . Las cartas náuticas de la escuela cartográfica mallorquina. Aspectos artísticos y contexto productivo . Hortus Artium Medievalium . May 2016 . 22 . 331–342 . 10.1484/J.HAM.5.111354.