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GASTALDI,J.
By Pierre Joppen
Sep 7, 2005, 08:02

 Jacopo Gastaldi [c 1500 - c 1565]: Piedmontese mapmaker; worked in Venice. Italy's leading mapmaker, his works were copied or reissued by many others. Produced a small-format edition of Ptolemy in 1548 which included 34 modern maps, sometimes thought of as the first pocket atlas.

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