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Elucidário Madeirense

Person navigator foreign_visitor

Pompeu Arditti de Pesaro

navigator · foreign_visitor

Italian navigator who wrote in 1567 that the mountain forests were so dense the sun was not seen for leagues.

1Mentioned in

Forest regime — Italian navigator who wrote in 1567 that the mountain forests were so dense the sun was not seen for leagues.

2Chronology

1567
Pompeu Arditti wrote his account describing Madeira's dense forests.

3Places mentioned

Map: Arquipélago da Madeira (8)

Map: Arquipélago da Madeira (8)