Querini, Pietro
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- Wold, H.A. I paradisets første krets, c1991:t.p. (italieneren Pietro Querinis ...) p. 174 (Pietro Querino; the form of name varies within the same text; we have chosen the same path)
- Encic. ital., 1935-:v. 28, p. 625 (Querini, Pietro; navigatore veneziano)
- Tiraboschi, G. Storia della lett. ital., 1824:v. 7, pt. 2, p. 542 (Pietro Querini)
- Chevalier(Quirini (Pierre), voyag. vénit. en Scand. 1431-2)
- "Infeliçe e sventuratta coca Querina," 2019.page 37 (Pietro Querini, patrone della nave) back cover (Venetian patrician whose boat enroute to Flanders in 1431 was shipwrecked in the North Sea; survivors were rescued by Norwegians in the Loften Islands)
- Wikipedia, viewed August 29, 2019:(Pietro Querini was a 15th-century sailing captain from the Republic of Venice. He is known for being shipwrecked in Røst, in northern Norway, in the winter of 1432, and subsequently returning to Venice, where he wrote a report of his travels for the senate)
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Pietro Querini was a 15th-century sea captain from the Republic of Venice. He is known for being shipwrecked at Røst in northern Norway during the winter of 1432, and subsequently returning to Venice, where he wrote a report of his travels for the Venetian Senate. He is also dubiously credited with popularizing stockfish in the Veneto region, where it is prepared as baccalà alla vicentina.
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