Abstract
Toponyms in the Black and Azov Seas region of fi ve portolan charts of Pietro Veskonte dated 1311–1321 are analyzed on the base of the method developed by the author. The regularities of the use of names in the framework of the proposed classifi cation are described, 17 lost place-names are restored. The hypothesis of migration of cartographer from Genoa to Venice after 1313 is tested. The infl uence of Marino Sanudo on the edition of toponyms of western part of the Black Sea on the portolan charts of Pietro Veskonte dated 1320–1321. Found general patterns of place-naming give the opportunity to use toponyms by Pietro Veskonte for further research of portolan charts of other well-known authors, as well as anonymous cartographers.
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