The documentary apparatus behind the museum's pages: primary sources, cartography, photographs and bibliographic studies, ready to be cited.
Mediaeval-modern register of the concessions and privileges of the University (municipality) of Gallipoli, including the charter of Charles V (1526) on the monopoly of the waters. Two volumes: Red Book I and II.
Held at: Historical Archive of the Municipality of Gallipoli (non-digitised material).
Municipal documentation on the administration and concession of the tonnara, from the Bourbon period to the Unification of Italy.
Held at: Historical Archive of the Municipality of Gallipoli (non-digitised material).
Record drawn up by the municipal chancellor Carlo Mazzarella and signed by the mayor Francesco Pasca, attesting the transfer of the municipality's entire ancient archive to the depository of the provincial archive.
Digitised source: Gallipoli_Archivio_delle_scritture_antic.pdf
Illustrated pilot book by the Ottoman cartographer Piri Reis (16th century), with the charts of Salento, the Gulf of Taranto and the Calabrian coast. The manuscript W.658 of the Walters Art Museum (Baltimore) is in the public domain (CC0).
Citation: Piri Reis, Kitab-ı Bahriye, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, ms. W.658. — See Historical Cartography in the Archive.
The images of tuna fishing and of the mattanza, including the photographs of Eugenio Interguglielmi (1904), held in the museum's archive.
See Archive & Gallery — Photographs section.
The fund of historical photographs of Gallipoli, digitised and optimised in WebP format for online consultation in the gallery.
Consultable published references: monographs, contributions and digital resources on tuna fishing and the tonnare of the Mediterranean.
De Rossi, D., Storia e vicende della tonnara di Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Tip. Stefanelli.
Monograph dedicated specifically to the tonnara of Gallipoli.
Felici, E., THYNNOS. Archeologia della tonnara mediterranea, Documenti e Studi 70, Bari, Edipuglia, 2018.
Archaeological study of the Mediterranean tonnara and of tuna-fishing terminology.
Consolo, V., La pesca del tonno in Sicilia, with essays by R. Lentini, F. Terranova and E. Guggino, Palermo, Sellerio, 1986.
Reference work on the rites and culture of the mattanza.
Lentini, R., Rivoluzione di latta. Breve storia della pesca e dell'industria del tonno nella Favignana dei Florio, Palermo, Torri del vento, 2013.
Industrial and economic history of the Favignana tonnara.
Fondazione Terra d'Otranto, La pesca del tonno nello Jonio, digital contribution, 2011.
Digital source used for the timeline (Nardò fishing 1490; Santa Caterina tonnara 1783).
Downloadable resources: articles, monographs and documentary materials on tuna fishing and the tonnare of the Mediterranean.
The catalogue of Piri Reis charts (Kitab-ı Bahriye, W.658, CC0) and digitized materials is published in JSON format, reusable for research and digital humanities applications.
Download the Data Catalogue (JSON)CC0 licence: the metadata and digital reproductions of the charts are freely reusable, citing the source according to the How to Cite page.