Antonio Millo



Antonio Millo, also mentioned as Antonio da Millo or Antonio Milo, active during 1557–1590, was a captain and cartographer who did significant work in map-making, isolarios and portolan charts.

He was born during the 16th century in Milos and he lived part of his life in Venice, as is shown from records of the Greek community of Venice. According to the first Book of Marriages 1599–1701 of the Greek community of Venice, someone called "Antonio Damilos" was married on 10 August 1599.

As well as being a cartographer, he was a captain and navigator. In an isolario of 1590, he is mentioned as Armiralgio al Zante. In another isolario of 1591 he is mentioned as Armiralgio in Candia and in another he is mentioned as Antonius de Melo Cosmographus.

He created many maps with great detail. Several of his works have been preserved in Venice (in the Biblioteca Marciana di Venezia and the Museo Correr), in Rome (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma), at Berlin (Staatsbibliothek) in London (British Library) and Warsaw (portolan from 1583 in the National Library of Poland).