Battista Agnese: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Revision as of 07:24, 16 June 2007

Battista Agnese (c. 1500 – 1564) was a Venetian cartographer. His workshop produced at least 60 manuscript atlases of sea charts between 1534 and 1564, more cheaply than Dieppe maps but still considered of fine craftsmanship. The charts normally included latitude but not longitude, along with various decorative features.

One of Agnese's best-known works is an atlas of the world commissioned by Charles V for his son, Philip II. Apparently produced around 1542, it was one of the earliest maps to depict Baja California as a peninsula rather than an island.

References

Levenson, Jay A. Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1993.
Short, John Rennie. The World Through Maps: A History of Cartography. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2003.
Library of Congress: Agnese Atlas. Portolan atlas of 9 charts and a world map, etc. Dedicated to Hieronymus Ruffault, Abbot of St. Vaast. (1544)

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Orphan|date=September 2006}}
 [[Image:1544 Battista Agnese Worldmap.jpg|thumb|Worldmap from the Portolan Atlas by Battista Agnese (1544)]]
-'''Battista Agnese''' (c. 1500 &ndash; [[1564]]) was a [[Venice|Venetian]] [[cartographer]]. His workshop produced at least 60 sea charts between [[1534]] and [[1564]], more cheaply than [[Dieppe maps]] but still considered of fine craftsmanship. The charts normally included [[latitude]] but not [[longitude]], along with various decorative features.
+'''Battista Agnese''' (c. 1500 &ndash; [[1564]]) was a [[Venice|Venetian]] [[cartographer]]. His workshop produced at least 60 manuscript atlases of sea charts between [[1534]] and [[1564]], more cheaply than [[Dieppe maps]] but still considered of fine craftsmanship. The charts normally included [[latitude]] but not [[longitude]], along with various decorative features.
 One of Agnese's best-known works is an [[atlas]] of the world commissioned by [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] for his son, [[Philip II of Spain|Philip II]]. Apparently produced around [[1542]], it was one of the earliest maps to depict [[Baja California Peninsula|Baja California]] as a [[peninsula]] rather than an [[island]].