ROSACCIO, Giuseppe (Gioseppo), doctor, author who writes about his travels, geographer, cosmographer and cartographer (Pordenone, 1530 - 1603 (1620)). He studied philosophy, medicine and law at the University in Padova. After he passed the regulated exams, he became a laureate. He wanted to get a job, but he didn't find one in Pordenone. And so he decided to go somewhere else and look for a job in an ancient town Tricesimo, which existed from times of Rome. According to Liruti, Rosaccio lived in Tricesimo in 1522, working there not only as a doctor but doing also several other town services. In Padova he also studied law, and because of that he got a job of a judge in Tricesimo. Liruti was also successful at finding Rosaccio as a "Vicecapitano della Gestaldia" in court papers for the years 1561 and 1575. The fruits of his long and rich life are 40 smaller or larger works. His more important works include Viaggio da Venetia a Constantinopoli per mare e per terra from 1574 and Al Sereniss. Cosmo Gran Principe di Toscana, Il viaggio per Mare, e per Terra di Constantinopoli, e di tera Santa from 1601. Besides the 1574's edition, biographers mention the ones from 1598, 1601, 1604, 1606. All editions are illustrated with copper engraving illustrations, panoramic views of towns, islands, fortresses etc., however the number of copper engravings isn't the same in each edition (72-76). The illustrations are today considered the most valuable of his works, and they are also the oldest and the most comprehensive graphic representation of Croatian towns. In the 1606's edition there are maps of Istria, islands Rab, Pag, Hvar, Korèula, maps of Split and Trogir, panoramic views of Rovinj, Pula, Osor, Šibenik, Skradin, Klis, and plans of Zadar and Dubrovnik. The author of copper engravings isn't the same in all editions. Marco Sadeler, a descendant of an old Belgian copper engraving family, is the author of 1574's copper engravings; however the copper engravings from 1598 and 1606 were prepared by a Venetian copper engraver Giacomo Franco. Viaggio cartographically and concisely reports the basic information about the travelling line Venice - Dubrovnik (by sea) and Dubrovnik - Istanbul (by land). In the introductory part of the book there is a description of the maritime-land route across Dubrovnik, and then there is a thorough text about only the maritime route. The book also contains a map of the eastern Mediterranean on which the maritime route is shown, but only the geographic points which are elaborated later in the book are listed. The whole book also contains cartographic presentations (panoramic views, plans, maps) and shorter texts which thoroughly describe the sailing area. Besides the cartographic works, Rosaccio also gave a description of the sailing route on the back of each of the published maps.

Map of island Rab, sign. Franco f., from the isolario "Viaggio da Venetia a Costantinopoli..." Panoramic view of Šibenik from the isolario "Viaggio da Venetia a Costantinopoli..."