Battista Beccario
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battista-beccario-193-14472005
title:
Battista Beccario
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Battista Beccario, also known as Baptista Beccharius, was a 15th-century Genoese cartographer. Virtually nothing is known of his life. Battista is probably a relative of an earlier Genoese cartographer, Francesco Beccario, responsible for a 1403 portolan map. Battista Beccario is the author of two notable portolan charts: 1426 portolan chart, signed and dated, "Baptista Becharius civis Janue composuit hanc cartam anno domini millex.o CCCC.XXX de mense novembris ad requisicionem et nomine....", 1
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15th-century Genoese cartographer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battista_Beccario
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2024-02-03T21:03:03Z
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