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Fra Mauro

1385 - 1459

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Fra Mauro (c. 1400 – 1464) was an Italian cartographer who lived in the Republic of Venice. He created the most detailed and accurate map of the world up until that time, the Fra Mauro map. Mauro was a monk of the Camaldolese Monastery of St. Michael, located on the island of Murano in the Venetian Lagoon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fra Mauro is the 24th most popular geographer (up from 27th in 2019), the 1,281st most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,465th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Geographer.

Fra Mauro is most famous for his map of the world, which was created in 1459.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Fra Mauro ranks 24 out of 86. Before him are Pomponius Mela, Paul Vidal de La Blache, Ibn Jubayr, Al-Bakri, William Morris Davis, and Élisée Reclus. After him are James Lovelock, Zakariya al-Qazwini, Sebastian Münster, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, Johann Georg Gmelin, and Albrecht Penck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1385, Fra Mauro ranks 1. After him are Isidore of Kiev, Tvrtko II of Bosnia, John I, Duke of Alençon, Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, Paul von Rusdorf, Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, and Fernão Lopes. Among people deceased in 1459, Fra Mauro ranks 3. Before him are Eric of Pomerania, and Poggio Bracciolini. After him are Gregory III of Constantinople, Ausiàs March, Antoninus of Florence, Adolph VIII, Count of Holstein, Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, James of Portugal, and John Fastolf.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Fra Mauro ranks 1,281 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Sartori (1924), Gianpiero Combi (1902), Mario Del Monaco (1915), Giuseppe Castiglione (1688), Rainier I of Monaco, Lord of Cagnes (1267), and Antipope Christopher (900). After him are Massimiliano Allegri (1967), Tommaso Buscetta (1928), Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (1630), Sebastiano Venier (1496), Niccolò Jommelli (1714), and Lucilio Vanini (1585).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Italy

Among geographers born in Italy, Fra Mauro ranks 1. After him are Vincenzo Coronelli (1650), and Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485).

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