Martino Martini belongs to the record of exploration as a figure whose journeys changed what was known.
The record lists Martino Martini as Italian Jesuit missionary, cartographer and historian (1614-1661).
Martino Martini was born at Trento in 1614. His recorded nationality is Qing dynasty.
Seventeenth-century voyaging was commercial and Dutch-led, mapping coastlines for companies rather than kings.
He is recorded as cartographer, historian and writer.
Exploration was always as much logistics as courage, and the logistics are what decided outcomes.
Martino Martini died in 1661, aged 47. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as cartographer, historian and writer
