Josep Mascaró Pasarius

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Josep Mascaró Pasarius (* 1923 in Alaior , Menorca ; † 1996 in Palma , Mallorca ) was a Spanish historian , cartographer and archaeologist .

Josep Mascaró Pasarius was self-taught and independently familiarized himself with the history and archeology of the Balearic Islands . 1947 to 1951 published a map of Menorca and 1952 to 1962 of Mallorca. He published numerous writings that dealt with the history of the Balearic Islands, such as the multi-volume Historia de Mallorca . It is considered useful in the professional world, despite the lack of strict scientificity and its anecdotal character. Mascaró Pasarius also developed a five-volume map of the Balearic Islands. In addition, he wrote a bibliography of all writings on the archeology of Mallorca.

In 1961, together with Juan Camps Coll , he discovered the dolmen of Son Bauló de Dalt .

It is also claimed that he was the only one who stepped on all 151 islands and rocks protruding from the sea around Mallorca.

Publications (selection)

  • Los monumentos megalíticos de la isla de Menorca (1958)
  • Corpus de toponimia de Mallorca (6 volumes, 1962–1967)
  • Prehistoria de las Baleares (1968)
  • Historia de Mallorca (5 volumes, 1970–1975)
  • Geografía e historia de Menorca (1979)
  • Prehistoria de Menorca (1980)

literature

  • Axel Thorer: Mallorca - Lexicon of island secrets . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-455-50006-6 , p. 262.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ David Ginard i Féron: Mallorca during the Franco dictatorship . edition tranvia Verlag Walter Frey, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-925867-58-9 , p. 13.
  2. ↑ Axel Thorer: Mallorca - Lexicon of the island secrets . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-455-50006-6 , p. 262.
personal data
SURNAME Mascaró Pasarius, Josep
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish historian, cartographer and archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Alaior
DATE OF DEATH 1996
Place of death Palma