Alberto Cantino

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Alberto Cantino (* 15th century ; † 16th century ) was officially a diplomat of the Italian trading house of Duke Ercole I d'Este from Ferrara (1471–1505) at the court of the Portuguese King Emanuel the Lucky .

Act

Cantino's main unofficial task is likely to have been to gather information about the Portuguese discoveries. He reported about the people who were kidnapped by Gaspar Corte-Real on his expedition and brought to Portugal. Two letters to the Duke dated October 17 and 18, 1501, have been received in this regard.

Cantino is known today for the Cantino Planisphere named after him . However, he did not draw this map himself. Since the Portuguese kept the nautical details of their voyages secret, his achievement consisted in the fact that he managed to secretly obtain this map or have it made.

literature

  • Ernesto Milano (author), Ministero per i beni culturali, Ufficio centrale per i beni librari e gli istituti culturali, Biblioteca estense e universitaria di Modena (ed.): La carta del Cantino e la rappresentazione della terra nei codici e nei libri a stampa della Biblioteca estense e universitaria . Series of publications: Il giardino delle Esperidi ; 1. Modena: Il Bulino, 1991.
  • Gérard Vindt: Le planisphère d'Alberto Cantino, Lisbonne 1502 . Ed. Autrement Littératures, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-86260-809-2 .
  • Guarino Alves d'Oliveira: A costa setentrional do Brasil na carta de navegar de Alberto Cantino: (charta del navigare); exame crítico e paleográfico exornado com o cimélio de Nicolò de Cavério para servir à história das viagens de Gaspar de Lemos e Gonçalo Coelho ; (1501-1503) . Ed. A Fortaleza, Fortaleza (Ceará, Brasil) 1968.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urs Bitterli in Urs Bitterli, Eberhard Schmitt (ed.): The knowledge of both "India" in early modern Europe. 1991, p. 67.
  2. ↑ Gerald Sammet in The World of Maps: Historical and Modern Cartography in Dialog. 2008, p. 10.

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personal data
SURNAME Cantino, Alberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 16th Century