Giovan Battista Nicolosi

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Giovan Battista Nicolosi
Born(1610-10-14)14 October 1610
Paternò, Kingdom of Sicily
Died19 January 1670(1670-01-19) (aged 59)
Rome, Papal States
NationalitySicilian
Occupation(s)Geographer and scholar
Known forNicolosi globular projection
Parent(s)Antonio Nicolosi and Antonina Nicolosi (née Corsaro)
Academic background
Influences
Academic work
Era
Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
Influenced

Giovan Battista Nicolosi,

central meridian.[5]

Biography

Early life

Giovan Battista Nicolosi was born in Paternò, on October 14, 1610, of poor parents. He was the second child in a family of ten siblings.[1]

In 1640 Nicolosi moved to Rome,[6] where he devoted himself to the study of mathematics and geography and quickly gained favor with the city's most powerful families.[1] In 1642, he published his Teorica del Globo Terrestre ("Theory of the Terrestrial Globe"), a small geographical treatise in which he adopts the tripartite division of the subject into mathematical, physical, and political geography, usually credited to Varenius. Although in his unpublished works he showed leanings towards the new views of Copernicus, he does not here venture to break away from the Ptolemaic system, no doubt owing to his character as a devout son of the Church.

Career

Nicolosi globular projection

The Theory of the Terrestrial Globe brought Nicolosi to the attention of broader scientific circles and earned him the Chair in Geography at

stereographic projection popularized by Gerardus Mercator finally fell into disuse.[10]

Nicolosi also undertook for Pope Alexander VII and the Emperor Leopold I the mapping of the States of the Church and the Kingdom of Naples, besides making five large maps for Prince Borghese.[1] Nicolosi's last published work is Guida allo studio geografico ("Guide to geographic study"), a small treatise designed to supplement and explain the other two. He died in Rome on January 19, 1670.[1]

Works

Rare first state of Nicolosi's four sheet map of North America, the first printed map to accurately depict the course of the Rio Grande (named Rio Escondido) flowing into the Gulf of Mexico (named “Golfo di Nuova Spagna”).[11]
  • Nicolosi, Giovan Battista (1642). Teorica del globo terrestre et esplicatione della Carta da Navigare. Roma. Retrieved 12 September 2019. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  • Nicolosi, Giovan Battista (1660). Dell'Hercole e studio geografico. Vol. 1. Roma. Retrieved 12 September 2019. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  • Nicolosi, Giovan Battista (1660). Dell'Hercole e studio geografico. Vol. 2. Roma. Retrieved 12 September 2019. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  • Nicolosi, Giovan Battista (1662). Guida allo studio geografico. Roma. Retrieved 12 September 2019. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  • Nicolosi, Giovan Battista (1670). Hercules Siculus sive Studium Geographicum (in Latin). Vol. 1. Roma. Retrieved 12 September 2019. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  • Nicolosi, Giovan Battista (1671). Hercules Siculus sive Studium Geographicum (in Latin). Vol. 2. Roma. Retrieved 12 September 2019. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)

There exists in the Biblioteca Casanatense a considerable collection of Nicolosi’s unpublished work. This includes a large chorographic map of all of Christendom, commissioned by Pope Alexander VII, as well as a full geographic description and map of the Kingdom of Naples, which was sent to Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I in 1654 and an important relation of his trip to Germany (Viagio di Germania in tante lettere al cardinale Rinaldo d’Este e Parentele della casa di Baden con le corone e principi di Europa).[3]

Gallery of images

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Ottaviani 2013.
  2. ISBN 9789061944898
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  3. ^ a b Aversano 2018.
  4. ^ Craig, Thomas (1882). A Treatise on Projections. Washington: Government Printing Office. p. 97.
  5. ^ a b Matthew H. Edney; Mary Sponberg Pedley, eds. (2020). The History of Cartography. Vol. 4. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. pp. 830–831.
    ISBN 9780226339221
    .
  6. ^ Spinelli 1930, p. 351.
  7. ^ Hilgers 1997.
  8. ^ Fiorini, Matteo (1891). "Le proiezioni cartografiche di Albiruni". Bollettino della Società geografica italiana. 3. IV: 294.
  9. ^ Snyder 1993, p. 14.
  10. ^ a b Snyder 1993, p. 41.
  11. ^ Burden, Philip D. (1996). The Mapping of North America: A List of Printed Maps 1511–1670. London: Raleigh Publications. p. 455.

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