Benedetto Bordone (1460-1531)
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- Name (English)
- Benedetto Bordone
- Short name
- Benedetto Bordone
- Year of birth
- 1460
- Year of death
- 1531
- Short Description
- "Benedetto Bordone (1460–1531) was a Venetian manuscript editor, miniaturist and cartographer. He was born in Padua, then part of the Republic of Venice.
His most famous work is the Isolario (The Book of Islands, "where we discuss about all islands of the world, with their ancient and modern names, histories, tales and way of living..."), in which he describes all the islands of the known world, detailing their folklore, myths, cultures, climates, situations, and history. Printed in Venice in 1528, the work is an example of a cartographic genre popular in Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries. It is intended as an illustrated guide for sailors and attempts to include all the new transatlantic discoveries." - (en.wikipedia.org 04.06.2021) - Entity Encoding
- piz
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