Salvatore de Pilestrina

Salvatore de Pilestrina (fl. 1502–1533), also known as Salvat de Pilestrina, was a mapmaker in Mallorca in the early 16th century.

A 1843 copy of a map of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea by Salvatore de Pilestrina.

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][4][5] He created several significant maps of the Mediterranean, the originals of which have been lost.^[1] 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.^[3][9][10] Other known works were produced in 1504 or 1505,^[11] in 1511,^[12][13] and in 1533.^[1][4][14] While other maps have been attributed to him, their origins are contested by historians.^[15]

References

1. Astengo, Corradino (1987). "The Renaissance Chart Tradition in the Mediterranean". In Harley, J. B.; Woodward, David; Monmonier, Mark S. (eds.). The History of Cartography (PDF). Vol. 3. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-31633-5. OCLC 13456456.
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. doi:10.1080/03085694708591877. ISSN 0308-5694.
3. Bagrow, Leo; Skelton, R.A. History of cartography (Enlarged second ed.). London. ISBN 978-1-351-51558-0. OCLC 995849708.
4. "Portolan chart by Salvat de Pilestrina". Ziereis Facsimiles. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
5. Rey Pastor, Julio; García Camarero, Ernesto (1959). La Cartografía Mallorquína (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento de Historia y Filosofía de la Ciencia Instituto Luis Vives Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.
6. "Salvatore de Pilestrina (14..-1511)". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-08.
7. "[Atlantic coast of Central America]". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
8. Lewis, Bessie Mary (1936). "Darient – A Symbol of Defiance and Achievement". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 20 (3): 185–198. ISSN 0016-8297. JSTOR 40576444.
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. doi:10.2307/1834492. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 1834492.
10. 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. doi:10.2307/1781021. ISSN 0016-7398. JSTOR 1781021.
12. Boinet, A. (1925). "Courrier de France". La Bibliofilía. 27 (1/2): 61–71. ISSN 0006-0941. JSTOR 26208950.
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. ISSN 0308-5694. JSTOR 40234167.
14. "[Carta de marear del mar Mediterráneo]". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-08.
15. Winsor, Justin (1884). Narrative and critical history of America, ed. by Justin Winsor.