About Benedetto Scotto
Lived 1500 – 1600. Benedetto Scotto was a mathematician and cartographer.
Benedetto Scotto (15th century – 16th century) was an Italian cartographer, mathematician and navigator.
Scotto was born in Genoa. He published a treatise in which he proposed to reach the Indies through a crossing to the North in the Arctic Sea.
His works on squaring the circle (1622) and on longitude (1623) were also published in French.
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Who was Benedetto Scotto?
Italian cartographer and mathematician
When was Benedetto Scotto born?
Benedetto Scotto was born in 1500 in Genoa.
When did Benedetto Scotto die?
Benedetto Scotto died in 1600.
What was Benedetto Scotto's occupation?
Benedetto Scotto was a mathematician and cartographer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Benedetto Scotto. https://biography.guide/benedetto-scotto/
MLA: "Benedetto Scotto." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/benedetto-scotto/.
Chicago: "Benedetto Scotto." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/benedetto-scotto/.
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