fl. 1530-1576
Homen, one of the most important Portuguese portulan chart makers of his time, engraved the plates for what is claimed to be the first printed sea chart (1569), showing the Mediterranean and most of Europe as far north as Denmark.
Homen had an uneasy life, being exiled for political reasons from his native country, from which he went to England where he was even less fortunate.
He eventually settled in Venice where his sea chart was published.
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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