Giovanni Battista Boazio or Battista Boazio ( fl. 1588 – 1606) was an Italian draftsman and cartographer. He mapped Sir Francis Drake's voyage to the West Indies and America. Boazio-Sir Francis Drake in Cartagena

He spent a long period working in England, and made a map of Ireland that was then used in the ''

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ''Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'' (, "Theatre of the Orb of the World") is considered to be the first true modern atlas. Written by Abraham Ortelius, strongly encouraged by Gillis Hooftman and originally printed on 20 May 1570 in Antwerp, it consi ...

''. He was sponsored by

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC (; 10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following ...

to draw a map illustrating the

Capture of Cadiz Capture may refer to: * Asteroid capture, a phenomenon in which an asteroid enters a stable orbit around another body *Capture, a software for lighting design, documentation and visualisation *"Capture" a song by Simon Townshend * Capture (band), ...

, which was engraved by

Thomas Cockson Thomas Cockson, or ''Coxon'' (bap. 1569 – fl. 1609-30 or 1636 – 1641), was one of the earliest English engravers. He left a large number of portraits engraved entirely with the graver in a neatly and finished manner. His first and most r ...

. Other cartographic drawings includes Cartagena de las Indias,

Santo Domingo , total_type = Total , population_density_km2 = auto , timezone = AST (UTC −4) , area_code_type = Area codes , area_code = 809, 829, 849 , postal_code_type = Postal codes , postal_code = 10100–10699 ( Distrito Nacional) , webs ...

in the island of Hispaniola,

Saint Augustine, Florida St. Augustine ( ; es, San Agustín ) is a city in the Southeastern United States and the county seat of St. Johns County on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. Founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers, it is the oldest continuously inhabi ...

and the Cape Verdean island of

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whos ...

, the Santiago engraving was one of the first to depict of that of any island in Cape Verde.

References

*Carl Moreland and David Bannister (1986), ''Antique Maps'', p. 71.

Notes

External links

WorldCat page

Reuters
Rare old British atlas sells for $1.3 million
''Map and views Illustrating Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage,''
1585-6. From the Collections at the

Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library ...

“The Political Force of Images,” Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America, 1520-1820.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boazio, Giovanni Battista 16th-century Italian cartographers