Giacomo Cantelli
Giacomo Cantelli | |
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Born | February 1643 |
Died | 30 November 1695 Possibly Modena | (aged 52)
Alma mater | University of Bologna |
Occupation | cartographer |
Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola (February 1643 − 30 November 1695) was an Italian cartographer and engraver of the 17th century.[1]
Early life
Born in Vignola, Cantelli attended the University of Bologna.[2]
Career
Cantelli was hired as secretary by the Marquis of Ferrara. Later he moved to Venice, becoming well known as a geographer and cartographer. From 1672 his maps were published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi. Early works depicted the Holy Land, Persia and the Ottoman Empire.[3] In the 1680s came maps of Lombardy, Kingdom of Sicily, Qing China, Tartary, Greece, the Moluccas, India and parts of Europe. In 1685 Cantelli was made court cartographer to Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena. He published a well-known 1689 map of Serbia.[4][5]
His last works were a map of Spain and one of north-western Italy with the Dauphiné and Provence. He died in 1695 at the age of 52.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "GIACOMO CANTELLI / GIOVAN GIACOMO DE ROSSI - Bassa Lombardia et altre appendici..." www.libreriaperini.com. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Vignola, Giacomo Cantelli da (February 22, 1643 – November 30, 1695): Geographicus Rare Antique Maps". www.geographicus.com.
- ^ Aksan, Virginia H.; Goffman, Daniel (26 July 2007). The Early Modern Ottomans: Remapping the Empire. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521817646 – via Google Books.
- ^ Terzić, Slavenko; Ekmečić, Milorad; Janković, Đorđe; Miljković-Bojanić, Ema; Bjelajac, Mile; Borozan, Đorđe; Dimić, Ljubodrag (1 April 2000). Response to Noel Malcom's book Kosovo, a short history: scientific discussion on Noel Malcolm's book 'Kosovo : a short history' (Macmillan 1998, 492), 8th october 1999. Istorijski institut. ISBN 9788677430207 – via Google Books.
- ^ Mihailović, Kosta; Srpske, Akademija nauka i umjetnosti Republike (26 December 2006). Kosovo and Metohija: past, present, future : papers presented at the International Scholarly Meeting held at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, March 16-18, 2006. Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. ISBN 9788670254299 – via Google Books.
External links
- Palagiano, CC. (1975). "CANTELLI, Giacomo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 18: Canella–Cappello (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
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- 1643 births
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- Cartographers of the Middle East
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