MARTINI, Niartino
1614 - 1661
A Jesuit priest who compiled remarkably accurate maps of China and a map of Japan which were published in Amsterdam in 1655 and were also incorporated in Blaeu's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum in that year.
The maps were used in later years by other publishers including Jansson and Schenk.
Dictionary of map makers
An illustrated list of makers of maps, charts and globes from the earliest time of cartography to present.
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