Vincentius Buneus

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Vincentius Buneus (Croatice: Vice Bune Petrov); natus in insula Lafota (Lopud) anno 1559; mortuus Neapoli die 12 Novembris 1612, fuit navigator Dalmaticus, legatus Ragusinus in servitio Hispaniae, atque explorator Melanesiae in Oceano Pacifico.

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Vice Bune Petrov (1559 - 1612) was a Dalmatian captain and diplomatic officer from Dubrovnik in Adriatic Sea. He was an oceanic explorer in the time of oversea discoveries in 16th century; he was probably the first one from Europe sailing in Bismarck Archipelago and New Hebrides (now Vanuatu). He visited Philippines and Solomon Islands from 1580 to 1597. V.B. Petrov was born in Lopud Island on southeastern Adriatic. During the Spanish kings Philip II and Philipp III, he became the ambassador at Spanish court. In Spanish service, he travelled to the Indian harbour Goa. From there, he sailed in 1580 across to the Philippines; he explored the southwest Pacific Ocean and named many islands of Melanesia. From the Philippines he sailed southwards along northeastern New Guinea, where he found and named a dozen of small isles, and he discovered the Bismarck Archipelago. Then he went to the Solomon Islands, and he initiated an emporium on Velakula Island. Between 1594 - 1597 he continued further in SW. Pacific, and he was the first one from Europe to name and explore dozen islands of New Hebrides; his Pacific travels ended at Matas Isle in 1597. Then he travelled back to the Philippines and in 1598, he went to Mexico. For a short time, V.B. Petrov was Spanish governor of Mexico; then he became Spanish ambassador in Belgium. From 1600 he was the Spanish ambassador in the court of Napoli Principality, and he died there on November 12, 1612. V.B. Petrov was buried on his island Lopud in Dalmatia.

Biographia

Natus est anno 1559 in insula Lafota (Lopud) Maris Adriatici et educatus in urbe Rhagusium (Dubrovnik). Deinde legatus Ragusinus in aula Hispanica regis Philippi II et Philippi III (reges Hispaniae) erat, atque postea in servitio Hispanico succedit in urbe Goa Indiae; inde annis 1580 - 1597 navigavit in insulis Philippinis (eo tempore Hispanicis) ad explorandum regionem Melanesiam Oceani Pacifici.

A Philippinis exploravit Novae Guineae litora septentrionalia et orientalia atque insulas adiacentes quae hodie Papuae Novae Guineae pertinent. Postea expeditionem in Pacificum apertum continuavit ad insulas Bismarck et ad Insulas Salomonicas (Saloma), ubi emporium commerciale in insula Velakula condidit.

Deinde insulae cognitae terminaverunt et aquatorium oceanicum incognitum fuisset. In sua ultima expeditione Pacifica 1594-1597 V. Bune navigavit in directione austro-orientali et probabiliter primus ex Europa detexit et exploravit insulas Novae Hebrides (hodie Vanuatu), atque eius expeditiones Pacificae in Hebrides meridionales ad insulam Matas anno 1597 terminavit.

Ab anno 1598 V. Bune in America media sicut legatus Regni Hispanici in Mexico peregrinavit. Postea ab 1600 legatus Ragusinus in aula regi Napolitani erat et in Neapoli die 12 Novembris 1612 decedit, atque in insula natali Lafota sepultus fuit.

Insulae Pacificae nominatae

Insulae Pacificae in Archipelago Melanesiae nominibus typicis Dalmaticis instructae, a Vincentio Bune verosimile detectae, hic sunt enumeratae:

Papua Occidentalis (Irian)

  • insula Jamna, mons Bobotna, sinus Bosnik

Papua Nova Guinea (Niugini)

  • Sinus Papuanae: Kotari, Jame, Buna, Beli, Milna
  • Insulae adjacentes: Tamara, Karkar, Seka, Bili, Boca, Kanap, Kiriwina, Iwa, Nada, Duba etc.

Bismarck et insulae adjacentes

  • Insulae: Unie, Puna, Iowo, Siroti, Jame
  • Sinus: Buka, Torokina

Insulae Salomonicae (Saloma)

  • Insulae: Kolan, Owan, Lina, Japa, Boga, Mato, Batak, Tokova, Sukina, Velakula, Narovo, Uweli, Torokina, Rendova, Banica, Sawa, Mala, Ulova itd.
  • Promontoria: Alan, Debeli, Sokolovi
  • Sinus: Voza
  • Montes vulcanici: Mt Kula (1661 m), Mt Kollovrat (1412 m)

Novae Hebrides (Vanuatu)

  • Insulae: Rawa, Valun, Mata, Marina, Mala, Malakula, Torba, Nina, Matas, Tana
  • Sinus: Marina, Palenta

Epitaphus

Inscriptio Latina in eius epitapho ecclesiae Sanctissimae Trinitatis in insula Adriatica Lafota est: "D.O.M. Vincentio Bune-Petrov, Christi vir equester, qui honestate dignitatem assequit sub regibus Hispaniae Philippo II et Philippo III, qui navigationes studiosae in ambo mundis suscepit et qui gloriam sibi comparare optavit. Adeo fidem in India perdiu propagavit, in Belgia eam protexit, dum ambo servitiae a regibus suis accepit, directione regali in Neapolim invitatus fuit, sicut consiliarius regalis vitae post laborum multorum in vitam alteram transgressit, ac per indicio testamenti hic in patriam suam translatus est, atque hic iacet signum tubae per vitam novam expectans. Cognati concordes hoc monumentum erecti sunt. Annis LIII vivebat, die XII Novembri MDCXII anno decedit."

Fontes

  • Archivium historicum Principati Rhagusii, saeculum XVI (Dubrovnik)
  • F.M. Appendini, Notizie istorico-critiche sulle antichità, storia e letteratura dei Ragusei (Ragusa 1803) vol. 2 pag. 201-203
  • E. Ambrosius: Andrees allgemeine Handatlas, Auflage VIII/5 (Karten 216-224). Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld und Leipzig 1930 (V. Bunes toponyma Pacifica in parenthesis)
  • J. Luetić: Vice Bune, pomorac i diplomat. Anali Povijesnog instituta, svezak I: p. 255-267, Dubrovnik 1952 (Croatice: V. Bune, navigator et diplomaticus. Annales Instituti historici in Rhagusium, vol. I)
  • V. Foretić: Vice Bune (1559-1612). Pomorska enciklopedija, knjiga I: p. 651, Leksikografski zavod, Zagreb 1972 (Croatice: Encyclopaedia nautica, vol. I, Institutum lexicographicum Zagrabiae)
  • G. Milazzi & M. Yoshamya: Ancient origin of Croatian sailing and naval migrations. Proc. 1st Symposium 'Old-Iranian origin of Croats', 461-473, Iran Cultural Center, Teheran 1999.
  • M. Rac, M.H. Mileković: Overseas trips of Vice Bune in 16th century. Proc. 3 scient. symposia 'Early Croats' (2001-2006), 820 p., ITG - Zagreb 2008.
  • Joel D'Souza: Croats return to Gandaulim. GoaNow, Goa (India) 1999: http://www.goacom.com/goanow/99/apr/history.html
  • S. Stanojević: Vice Bune. Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka, knjiga I. Bibliografski zavod Zagreb 1925 (Serbo-Croatice: Encyclopaedia nationalis Serbiae, Croatiae et Sloveniae vol. I, Institutum bibliographicum Zagrabiae: V. Bune in p. 335)
  • J. Tadić: Spanija i Dubrovnik u XVI veku. Beograd 1932 (Serbice: Hispania et Rhagusium saeculo XVI; V. Bune in p. 134-136)
  • M. Yoshamya: Old Veyan paleogeography in World and Adriatic. Ognjiste 10: 185-196, Karlovac 1999 (Croatice + Compendium Anglicum)
  • M. Yoshamya: Gan-Veyan, Croatian Medieval Archidioms I: 1224 p. Zagreb 2005 (reprint 2006) ISBN 953-96125-2-7

Vide etiam

Referentia

  • Haec est compilatio Latina valde abbreviata ex literatura supra citata, per licentiam GNU disposita
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