Source Data Reference for:

City = Messina
Time = 1600

City	Year	Size	Size Comment	Year Comment	Author	Title	Location
Messina	1575	59,000			Tertius Chandler	Four thousand years of urban growth	p480
Messina	1600	63,000			Tertius Chandler	Four thousand years of urban growth	p481
Messina	1600	50,000			Jan De Vries	European urbanization 1500-1800	p276
Messina	1600	50,000			Paul Bairoch	La population des villes europeennes de 800 a 1850
Messina	1600	63,000			Tertius Chandler	Four thousand years of urban growth	p539
Messina	1600	63,000			Tertius Chandler	Four thousand years of urban growth	p20
Messina	1600	63,000			Tertius Chandler	Four thousand years of urban growth	p515