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Giovanni Battista Ramusio

1485 - 1557

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Giovanni Battista Ramusio (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista raˈmuːzjo]; July 20, 1485 – July 10, 1557) was an Italian geographer and travel writer. Born in Treviso, Italy, at that time in the Republic of Venice, Ramusio was the son of Paolo Ramusio, a magistrate of the Venetian city-state. In 1505 young Giovanni took a position as secretary to Aloisio Mocenigo, of the patrician Mocenigo family, then serving as the Republic's ambassador to France. Ramusio would spend the rest of his career in Venetian service. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Battista Ramusio is the 47th most popular geographer (up from 51st in 2019), the 2,417th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,820th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Giovanni Battista Ramusio ranks 47 out of 86. Before him are Marie Tharp, Marinus of Tyre, Erich von Drygalski, Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Alfred Hettner, and Yi-Fu Tuan. After him are Jehuda Cresques, Jan Janssonius, Claes Jansz. Visscher, Hans Meyer, Inō Tadataka, and August Heinrich Petermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1485, Giovanni Battista Ramusio ranks 14. Before him are Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg, Clément Janequin, Sayyida al Hurra, Johannes Bugenhagen, Balthasar Hubmaier, and Joos van Cleve. After him are Wolf Huber, Beatus Rhenanus, Urs Graf, Hugh Latimer, Marco Girolamo Vida, and Romanino. Among people deceased in 1557, Giovanni Battista Ramusio ranks 18. Before him are Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Galvarino, Ferrante Gonzaga, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern, Söyembikä of Kazan, and Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. After him are Mohammed al-Shaykh, Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, and Kamran Mirza.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Ramusio ranks 2,417 out of 5,161. Before him are Lazare Ponticelli (1897), Anne Marie Martinozzi (1637), Luca Cambiaso (1527), Publius Decius Mus (-400), Giovanni Pascoli (1855), and Andrea Falconieri (1580). After him are Gaspard Dughet (1613), Antonio Bazzini (1818), Francesco Canova da Milano (1497), Adela of Flanders (1065), Frank Lentini (1889), and Mauro Bolognini (1922).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Italy

Among geographers born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Ramusio ranks 3. Before him are Fra Mauro (1385), and Vincenzo Coronelli (1650).

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