ASIA INDIA ORIENTALIS

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Uncommon and beautifully engraved map of South East Asia inc Japan.Stippled Sea.As expected rather fanciful geography.Set in a page of text and in mint condition.

Giovanni Antonio Magini (in Latin, Maginus) (June 13, 1555 – February 11, 1617) was an Italian astronomer, astrologer, cartographer, and mathematician.

code : M1498

Cartographer : MAGINI Giovanni

Date : 1620 Padova

Size : 13.5*18cms

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Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555-1617) was born in Padua, Italy, and studied medicine, mathematics, astronomy and philosophy at the University of Bologna where he was later to become a professor of astronomy. He corresponded with many of the renowned figures of the age including Ortelius, Tycho Brahe, Galileo and Johanes Kepler. He authored various works on astronomy and also produced the first printed atlas of Italy, which was published posthumously by his son Fabio. Other works included the "Geographiae Universiae" (1597) and "Moderne Tavole Di Geografia" amongst others.