Vesconte Maggiolo

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Vesconte Maggiolo's postage card (1541)

Vesconte Maggiolo (old spelling Vesconte de Maiolo ; * 1475 ; † 1550 ) was a Genoese cartographer . His family had a monopoly on card production in the Republic of Genoa for over 150 years . He made maps of the Mediterranean , Black Sea , Africa , the New World and Asia . The famous sea ​​atlas of Vesconte Maggiolo consists of four maps ( parchment ), which were made in Parma in 1512 . The original is in the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma.

literature

  • Astengo, Corradino: The Genoese cartographer Vesconte Maggiolo and his work. In: Cartographica Helvetica Heft 13 (1996) pp. 9–17 full text

Web links

Commons : Vesconte Maggiolo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Mesenburg: On the accuracy of the portolane in the sea atlas of Vesconte Maggiolo (1512)
  2. ↑ Map history: The Genoese cartographer Vesconte Maggiolo and his work [Summary: http://kartengeschichte.ch/ch/summaries/d13b.html ]
  3. ↑ http://cartographic-images.net/Cartographic_Images/316_Maggiolo.html
  4. ↑ Bayerische Staatsbibliothek [Digital Atlas: http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00002700/images/index.html?id=00002700&fip=84.164.211.66&no=&seite=2 ]
personal data
SURNAME Maggiolo, Vesconte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Genoese cartographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1475
DATE OF DEATH 1550