Pietro Vesconte
Italian cartographer from Genoa · Scientists · Died 1400
Pietro Vesconte was an Italian cartographer and geographer from the Republic of Genoa. A pioneer of the field of the portolan chart, he influenced Italian and Catalan mapmaking throughout the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Pietro Vesconte is read about 14 times a day, in 10 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 25 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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About this person
He appears to have been the first professional mapmaker to sign and date his works regularly.
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Died 1400
