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180: 31: 167:, with administering the family property, and with philanthropic endeavors. At the age of 35 he married eighteen-year-old Margarita Niguarda by whom he had four sons and one daughter. He died in Milan on 15 May 1613 and was buried in the family chapel in the church of 159:. He grew up together with his two younger brothers and his paternal cousins in the family house in Milan. Despite his noble status Monti never held public office, but instead occupied himself with scholarship, particularly 191:. The map reflects the geographical knowledge of his time, but in some ways it is surprisingly advanced. While drawing on the works of other early modern cartographers like 513: 493: 215: 474: 460: 292: 179: 402: 508: 322: 168: 91: 334: 187:
Monti's most famous work is a large-scale world map accompanied by a multi-volume treatise on geography and
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Almagià, Roberto (1941). "Un prezioso cimelio della cartografia italiana Il planisfero di Urbano Monti".
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is particularly detailed and contains many place names not present on other Western maps of the time.
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One of the only three surviving copies of Monti's world map is today a part of the
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He was born and raised in Milan, Italy, in a family of the
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La più grande mappa del mondo ai tempi del Rinascimento
421:"Urbano Monte's World Maps: Sources and Development" 274: 272: 143:(16 August 1544 – 15 May 1613; alternate spelling: 130: 122: 114: 97: 87: 65: 40: 21: 134:Giovanni Battista Monti and Angela de Menclozzi 239:Un prezioso cimelio della cartografia italiana 147:) was an Italian geographer and cartographer. 263: 8: 356:"Descrizione del mondo sin qui conosciuto /" 29: 18: 234:Descrizione del mondo sin qui conosciuto 249: 278: 216:David Rumsey Historical Map Collection 7: 461:Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani 467:Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana 514:17th-century Italian cartographers 494:16th-century Italian cartographers 222:and have been recently digitized. 14: 16:Italian cartographer (1544–1613) 463:, Volume 76: Montauti–Morlaiter 1: 293:"David Rumsey Map Collection" 454:D'Ascenzo, Annalisa (2012). 428:Imago temporis: medium Aevum 230:His notable books include: 530: 92:San Carlo al Corso, Milan 28: 440:10.21001/itma.2020.14.15 184: 509:Scientists from Milan 401:Miller, Greg (2017). 182: 465:(in Italian). Rome: 408:National Geographic 297:www.davidrumsey.com 220:Stanford University 207:. His depiction of 185: 169:San Carlo al Corso 118:Margarita Niguarda 193:Gerardus Mercator 183:Monti's world map 138: 137: 521: 480: 476:978-8-81200032-6 450: 448: 446: 425: 412: 397: 388:(7/9): 156–193. 367: 366: 364: 363: 352: 346: 345: 343: 342: 331: 325: 319: 314: 308: 307: 305: 303: 288: 282: 276: 267: 261: 205:Tierra del Fuego 197:Abraham Ortelius 72: 50: 48: 33: 19: 529: 528: 524: 523: 522: 520: 519: 518: 484: 483: 477: 456:"MONTI, Urbano" 453: 444: 442: 423: 417:Van Duzer, Chet 415: 400: 379: 376: 371: 370: 361: 359: 354: 353: 349: 340: 338: 333: 332: 328: 317: 315: 311: 301: 299: 291:Rumsey, David. 290: 289: 285: 277: 270: 262: 251: 246: 228: 177: 153: 110: 83: 74: 70: 61: 52: 46: 44: 36: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 527: 525: 517: 516: 511: 506: 501: 496: 486: 485: 482: 481: 475: 451: 413: 398: 382:La Bibliofilía 375: 372: 369: 368: 358:. Worldcat.org 347: 326: 309: 283: 268: 264:D'Ascenzo 2012 248: 247: 245: 242: 241: 240: 236: 235: 227: 224: 176: 173: 157:minor nobility 152: 149: 136: 135: 132: 128: 127: 124: 120: 119: 116: 112: 111: 109: 108: 105: 101: 99: 95: 94: 89: 85: 84: 81:Duchy of Milan 75: 73:(aged 68) 67: 63: 62: 59:Duchy of Milan 53: 51:15 August 1544 42: 38: 37: 34: 26: 25: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 526: 515: 512: 510: 507: 505: 502: 500: 497: 495: 492: 491: 489: 478: 472: 468: 464: 462: 457: 452: 441: 437: 433: 429: 422: 418: 414: 410: 409: 404: 399: 395: 391: 387: 383: 378: 377: 373: 357: 351: 348: 336: 330: 327: 324: 320: 313: 310: 298: 294: 287: 284: 280: 275: 273: 269: 265: 260: 258: 256: 254: 250: 243: 238: 237: 233: 232: 231: 225: 223: 221: 217: 212: 210: 206: 202: 198: 194: 190: 181: 174: 172: 170: 166: 162: 158: 150: 148: 146: 142: 133: 129: 125: 121: 117: 113: 106: 103: 102: 100: 96: 93: 90: 88:Resting place 86: 82: 78: 68: 64: 60: 56: 43: 39: 32: 27: 20: 459: 443:. Retrieved 431: 427: 406: 385: 381: 360:. Retrieved 350: 339:. Retrieved 337:. 2017-12-17 329: 312: 300:. Retrieved 296: 286: 229: 226:Bibliography 213: 186: 154: 145:Urbano Monte 144: 141:Urbano Monti 140: 139: 107:Cartographer 71:(1613-05-15) 35:Urbano Monti 23:Urbano Monti 504:1613 deaths 499:1544 births 445:18 November 434:: 415–435. 279:Miller 2017 201:archipelago 98:Occupations 69:15 May 1613 488:Categories 362:2018-05-31 341:2018-05-31 244:References 104:Geographer 47:1544-08-15 189:cosmology 165:geography 131:Parent(s) 419:(2020). 394:26210250 123:Children 323:YouTube 161:history 473:  392:  374:Source 302:31 May 175:Career 115:Spouse 424:(PDF) 390:JSTOR 209:Japan 77:Milan 55:Milan 471:ISBN 447:2023 304:2018 195:and 163:and 151:Life 66:Died 41:Born 436:doi 432:XIV 321:on 218:of 203:of 490:: 469:. 458:. 430:. 426:. 405:. 386:43 384:. 295:. 271:^ 252:^ 171:. 79:, 57:, 479:. 449:. 438:: 411:. 396:. 365:. 344:. 306:. 281:. 266:. 126:5 49:) 45:(

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Milan
Duchy of Milan
Milan
Duchy of Milan
San Carlo al Corso, Milan
minor nobility
history
geography
San Carlo al Corso

cosmology
Gerardus Mercator
Abraham Ortelius
archipelago
Tierra del Fuego
Japan
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Stanford University




D'Ascenzo 2012


Miller 2017
"David Rumsey Map Collection"
La più grande mappa del mondo ai tempi del Rinascimento
YouTube

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