About Diogo Homem
Lived 1521 – 1576 (aged 54–55). Diogo Homem was a cartographer.
Portolan chart of the Mediterranean by Diogo Homem, 1563. Biblioteca Nazionale, Florence Diogo Homem (1521–1576) was a Portuguese cartographer, son of Lopo Homem and member of a family of cartographers.
Condemned for murder, he was exiled to Africa from Portugal in 1545, appearing in England a couple of years later. He subsequently lived in Venice, producing numerous manuscript atlases and charts, many of them of the Mediterranean.
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Who was Diogo Homem?
Portuguese cartographer (1521–1576)
When was Diogo Homem born?
Diogo Homem was born in 1521.
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Diogo Homem died in 1576.
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Diogo Homem was a cartographer.
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Diogo Homem's recorded nationality: Kingdom of Portugal.
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