Global InformationGiovan Battista Nicolosi information
Giovan Battista Nicolosi | |
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| Born | 14 October 1610 Paternò, Kingdom of Sicily |
| Died | 19 January 1670 (aged 59) Rome, Papal States |
| Nationality | Sicilian |
| Occupation(s) | Geographer and scholar |
| Known for | Nicolosi globular projection |
| Parent(s) | Antonio Nicolosi and Antonina Nicolosi (née Corsaro) |
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| Era | Scientific Revolution |
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| Institutions | Sapienza University of Rome Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith |
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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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