Luca Tarigo

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Luca Tarigo was a Genoese navigator and explorer .

Life

He lived in the 14th century and came from a family who lived in the Genoese settlement of Caffa in the Crimea .

In 1347 Tarigo sailed the Sea of ​​Azov , the Don , the Caspian Sea and the Volga .

Others

An Italian Navigatori-class destroyer was named after Luca Tarigo in 1929 .

literature

  • Nikolai Murzakevič: Storia delle colonie genovesi in Crimea . Genoa 1992. ISBN 8870584674