Piero Falchetta
Italian historian, philologist and cartographer (born 1951)
About Piero Falchetta
Born 1951. Piero Falchetta is an Italian cartographer, historian and philologist.
Piero Falchetta (born 1951) is an Italian cartographer, writer and translator. He is head of the department of ancient maps at the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice and a specialist of medieval travel writing, history of cartography and history of navigation. He currently lives in his native Venice. One of his most recent contributions to medieval cartography is a critical edition of Fra Mauro's World Map, published in 2006. Recent contributions to the history of navigation are the essays on Michael of Rhodes' nautical writings, and the edition of Benedetto Cotrugli's treatise De navigatione (1464–65).
He is also the author of literary essays and translations.
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Who is Piero Falchetta?
Italian historian, philologist and cartographer (born 1951)
When was Piero Falchetta born?
Piero Falchetta was born on 16 November 1951 in Venice.
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Piero Falchetta is a cartographer, historian and philologist.
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Piero Falchetta is Italian.
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