Giovan Battista Nicolosi

Giovan Battista Nicolosi
Born(1610-10-14)14 October 1610
Paternò, Kingdom of Sicily
Died19 January 1670(1670-01-19) (aged 59)
Rome, Papal States
NationalitySicilian
Occupation(s)Geographer and scholar
Known forNicolosi globular projection
Parent(s)Antonio Nicolosi and Antonina Nicolosi (née Corsaro)
Academic background
Influences
Academic work
EraScientific Revolution
Discipline
  • Geographer
  • Cosmologist
  • Cartographer
InstitutionsSapienza University of Rome
Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
Influenced

Giovan Battista Nicolosi, D.D., was a Sicilian priest and geographer. Nicolosi proposed a new projection for the construction of the world map in two hemispheres, known today as the Nicolosi globular projection, in which the parallels and meridians are arcs of the circle and equidistant along the equator and central meridian.[5]

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  5. ^ Matthew H. Edney; Mary Sponberg Pedley, eds. (2020). The History of Cartography. Vol. 4. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. pp. 830–831. ISBN 9780226339221.