Turkish Corsair caught and killed, Barberi map paid for: Sanudo Diaries: December 3, 1501; November 30, 1500

Sanudo Diaries: December 3, 1501: "On the morning of December 3, the scribe from the ship of ser Bortolo da Mosto arrived [in Venice]....

Among other things, this scribe told how Erichi, the Turkish corsair, with three long ships, was raiding the island of Melos at night, and two of the long ships were wrecked, but thanks to the skill of his pilot, his own landed on a beach. And Erichi asked, "Where are we?" The pilot answered: "We are on terra ferma." Erichi said, "Very well, what shall we do?" The pilot said: "We will draw the ship up on the land so we are safe, and then we will go to the castle." And while they were drawing this ship onto the beach, the pilot went to the castle and said: "Open up, because I have brought you a great prisoner! Erichi is here on this island with his ship beached." And first thing that morning, Erichi was captured by the inhabitants with all his men. And he said right away: "Don't kill me, I will deliver Camali into your hands." Nevertheless, he was put to death...."

nedits: The editor's tell us Erichi and Camali were famous corsairs -- that is, pirates who worked for political powers. pp 252-3.

Also, a year and three days earlier, Sanudo makes note of how the famous Barberi map of Venice was paid for.
Sanudo Diaries: November 30, 1500: "To be noted: On the thirtieth of this month a decision was made by the Signoria that since the German merchant Antonio Kolb had incurred great expense in printing [a map of] Venice, which is being sold for three ducats [per copy], he may transport it from the city and carry it away without paying duty."

Editor's note: "The government's grant for a four-year copyright and free export license for the print exists in the archives along with Kolb's statement that he was issuing this view...." p 478.


All quotes as Sanudo Diaries or Editor's notes or Editor's Footnotes from Venice, Cita Excellentissima, Selection from the Renaissance Diaries of Marin Sanudo translated by Linda L Carroll,  editors: Patricia H LaBalme and Laura Sanguineti White, published by Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008