About Giovanni Matteo Contarini
Lived 1452 – 1507 (aged 54–55). Giovanni Matteo Contarini was an Italian cartographer.
Giovanni Matteo Contarini (1452-1507) was a cartographer and was a member of a prominent Venetian Contarini family.
Biography In 1506, Contarini created a world map that Francesco Rosselli later engraved. The Contarini-Rosselli map is the first world map to have Columbus' discoveries incorporated. It was first discovered in 1922 and currently resides in the British Library. On the map, Contarini refers to himself as "famed in the Ptolemaean art" but no other maps by him have surfaced.
Contarini father was Marco Contarini of San Cassiano.
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Italian cartographer
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Giovanni Matteo Contarini was born in 1452.
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Giovanni Matteo Contarini died in 1507.
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Giovanni Matteo Contarini was a cartographer.
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Giovanni Matteo Contarini was Italian.
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