From Venice to Cairo: Notes from an Early 16th-century Voyage Across the Mediterranean

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Published: Apr 1, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21071/mijtk.v7i.13735
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Voyage, Zaccaria Pagani, Venice

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Laura Benedetti
Georgetown University

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On 22 January 1512, Zaccaria Pagani embarked on a galley en route from Venice to Egypt as part of a large delegation headed by special envoy Domenico Trevisan. Over the course of several months, Pagani and his companions made stops at all the main Mediterranean ports, such as Umago, Zadar, Split, Zakynthos and Candia, until they reached Alexandria, where they boarded a lighter vessel sailing to Cairo via the Nile.


 

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Benedetti, L. (2022). From Venice to Cairo: Notes from an Early 16th-century Voyage Across the Mediterranean. Mediterranea, International Journal on the Transfer of Knowledge, 7, 503–517. https://doi.org/10.21071/mijtk.v7i.13735
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