Salvatore de Pilestrina explained

Salvatore de Pilestrina, also known as Salvat de Pilestrina, was a mapmaker in Mallorca in the early 16th century.

Scholars suggest he was of Italian origin, in part because his work combines Italian and Catalan mapmaking techniques of the period.^{[1] [2]} He likely traveled from Italy to Mallorca to study cartography there.^[3]

His known period of activity spans from 1502 to 1533.^{[4] [5]}

Pilestrina is known for his work on portolan charts, and he was active with the Majorcan cartographic school.^[6] He created several significant maps of the Mediterranean, the originals of which have been lost. He is also thought to have produced a number of other maps that extended to the Americas, including a map of the Atlantic coast of Central America.^{[7] [8]}

His first known chart was a major world map, produced around 1503.^{[9] [10]} Other known works were produced in 1504 or 1505,^[11] in 1511,^{[12] [13]} and in 1533.^[14] While other maps have been attributed to him, their origins are contested by historians.^[15]

References

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2. Winter. Heinrich. 1947-01-01. On the real and the Pseudo‐Pilestrina maps and other early‐Portuguese maps in Munich. Imago Mundi. 4. 1. 25–27. 10.1080/03085694708591877. 0308-5694.
3. Book: Bagrow. Leo. Skelton. R.A.. History of cartography. 978-1-351-51558-0. Enlarged second . London. 995849708.
4. Web site: Portolan chart by Salvat de Pilestrina. 2021-02-08. Ziereis Facsimiles. en.
5. Book: Rey Pastor. Julio. La Cartografía Mallorquína. García Camarero. Ernesto. Departamento de Historia y Filosofía de la Ciencia Instituto Luis Vives Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. 1959. es.
6. Web site: Salvatore de Pilestrina (14..-1511). 2021-02-08. Bibliothèque nationale de France. fr.
7. Web site: [Atlantic coast of Central America]]. 2021-02-08. Library of Congress.
8. Lewis. Bessie Mary. 1936. Darient – A Symbol of Defiance and Achievement. The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 20. 3. 185–198. 40576444 . 0016-8297.
9. Paltsits. Victor Hugo. Stevenson. Edward Luther. July 1905. Maps Illustrating Early Discovery and Exploration in America, 1502-1530. The American Historical Review. 10. 4. 863. 10.2307/1834492. 1834492 . 0002-8762.
10. Book: List of Maps of the World: Illustrating the Progress of Geographical Knowledge from the Earliest Times to the End of the Seventeenth Century. New York Public Library. 1904.
11. Heawood. Edward. 1923. A Hitherto Unknown World Map of A. D. 1506. The Geographical Journal. 62. 4. 279–293. 10.2307/1781021. 1781021 . 0016-7398.
12. Boinet. A.. 1925. Courrier de France. La Bibliofilía. 27. 1/2. 61–71. 26208950 . 0006-0941.
13. Van Duzer. Chet. 2007. Cartographic Invention: The Southern Continent on Vatican MS Urb. Lat. 274, Folios 73v-74r (c.1530). Imago Mundi. 59. 2. 193–222. 40234167 . 0308-5694.
14. Web site: [Carta de marear del mar Mediterráneo]]. 2021-02-08. Biblioteca Nacional de España. es.
15. Book: Winsor, Justin. Narrative and critical history of America, ed. by Justin Winsor.. 1884.