The Pareto Map of 1455
Pareto, 1455, has a very interesting and elaborate map[259] ([Fig. 21]) showing Antillia, Reylla, and I in Mar (the latter without name) in the orthodox size, shape, and position, but with a great gap between Antillia and I in Mar where Salvagio should be. Very likely it was there once. Perhaps this is another case of fading away. One doubts whether the loss might not still be retrieved by more powerful magnifying glasses and close study of the significant interval. Pareto is unmistakably disclosing the same series of islands as the others. It may be that from him Roselli borrowed the inaccurate “roella” for Reylla, since Pareto is earlier in using a similar form (Roillo).
Fig. 21—Section of the Pareto map of 1455 showing the Antilles, St. Brendan’s Islands, Daculi, and others. (After Kretschmer’s hand-copied reproduction.)