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MapNautical Atlas of Battista Agnese. Battista Agnese (1514-64) was a masterful geographer and mapmaker. Born in Genoa, he worked in Venice from 1536 to 1564 and became one of the most important figures in Renaissance cartography. Researchers differ on the total number of manuscript atlases created by Agnese; he produced at least 39 portolan, or maritime, atlases, ten of them signed and dated. All are distinguished by their neat...
- Contributor: Agnese, Battista
- Date: 1541-01-01
- Resource: - 23 pages