Benedetto Scotto (15th century – 16th century) was an Italian cartographer, mathematician and navigator. [1]
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. [2] [3]
His works on squaring the circle (1622) and on longitude (1623) [4] were also published in French. [5]
Benedetto Scotto (15th century – 16th century) was an Italian cartographer, mathematician and navigator. [1]
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. [2] [3]
His works on squaring the circle (1622) and on longitude (1623) [4] were also published in French. [5]