Giovanni Battista Boazio
Giovanni Battista Boazio (fl. 1588 – 1606) was an Italian draftsman and cartographer. He mapped Sir Francis Drake's voyage to the West Indies and America.
Sir Francis Drake in Cartagena.
He spent a long period working in England, and made a map of Ireland that was then used in the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. He was sponsored by Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex to draw a map illustrating the Capture of Cadiz, which was engraved by Thomas Cockson.[1]
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References
- Carl Moreland and David Bannister (1986), Antique Maps, p. 71.
Notes
- ↑ Paul E. J. Hammer, The Polarisation of Elizabethan Politics: the political career of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, 1585-1597 (1999), p. 253 note 304; Google Books.
External links
- WorldCat page
- Reuters Rare old British atlas sells for $1.3 million
- Map and views Illustrating Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage, 1585-6. From the Collections at the Library of Congress