Antonio Millo, also mentioned as Antonio Milo, active during 1557–1590, was a captain and

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who authored isolarios and

portolan chart Portolan charts are nautical charts, first made in the 13th century in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean basin and later expanded to include other regions. The word ''portolan'' comes from the Italian language, Italian ''portolano'', meaning " ...

s and atlases. He was born during the 16th century in the island of

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, in the

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, which at the time was administered by the

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. He lived part of his life in

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. According to the records of the

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, someone called "Antonio Damilos" was married on 10 August 1599. It has been suggested that Millo learned the art of mapmaking from Portuguese exile

Diogo Homem Diogo Homem (1521–1576) was a Portuguese cartographer, son of Lopo Homem and member of a family of cartographers. Due to a crime of murder, in which he was connivent, he was forced to exile from Portugal, first in England, and then in Venic ...

, based on the similarity of their styles. He created many maps and atlases, mainly between 1580 and 1591. Several of his works have been preserved in Venice (in the

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di Venezia and the

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), in Rome (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma), in Berlin (Staatsbibliothek), in London (British Library) and

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(

portolan Portolan charts are nautical charts, first made in the 13th century in the Mediterranean basin and later expanded to include other regions. The word ''portolan'' comes from the Italian ''portolano'', meaning "related to ports or harbors", and wh ...

from 1583 in the

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). As well as being a cartographer, he was a captain and navigator. In an isolario of 1590, he is mentioned as "Antonio Millo Armiralgio al Zante". In another isolario of 1591 he is mentioned as "Antonio Millo Armiralgio in Candia" and in another he is mentioned as "Antonius de Melo Cosmographus". The

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word ''armiralgio'' means harbour master and should not be mistaken for admiral. Scholar

Johannes Leunclavius Johannes LeunclaviusOther name variants: Hans Lewenklaw, Löwenklau, Joannes Leunclavius, John Leunclavius (c. 1533/1541 – 1594) was a German historian and orientalist. He was an expert in Turkish history, republishing and annotating Ottoman so ...

met Millo in 1582 in Venice and described him as an old Greek man born in Milos, who was hired by a naval officer to be their guide.Johannes Leonclavius, Annales Sultanorum Othmanidarum, 1588
« ��senex multarum rerum peritus. Antonius Meliensis, Graeco parte natus in Melo insula, conductus a navarcho ut index itineris esset». Cited i
Antonio Millo, Bacino del Mediterraneo
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Ιζολάριο και Πορτολάνος Εμού Του Αντωνίου ΜίλοAntonio Millo
in the MEDEA-Chart database of portolan charts and atlases {{DEFAULTSORT:Millo, Antonio Greek cartographers 16th-century Italian cartographers Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown People from Milos 16th-century Greek people 16th-century Venetian people