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Italian Franciscan friar and cartographer (1650–1718) who founded the world's first geographical society in Venice and crafted large decorative globes, including a celebrated pair made for Louis XIV of France.
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Why did Vincenzo Coronelli make giant globes for Louis XIV?
Cardinal César d'Estrées commissioned Coronelli to create a pair of monumental globes for Louis XIV. The terrestrial and celestial globes were designed as displays of geographic knowledge, royal power, and elaborate Italian craftsmanship.
What was the Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti?
Coronelli founded the Venetian Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti in 1684. It is frequently described as the first geographical society, and it helped circulate maps, atlases, globes, and geographic scholarship.
Was Coronelli primarily a mapmaker or a friar?
He was both a Franciscan friar and a prolific cartographer, globe maker, engraver, and encyclopedist. Born in Venice in 1650, he eventually became Minister General of the Franciscan order.
Where can the Coronelli globes made for Louis XIV be seen?
The royal pair, commonly called the Globes of Marly, belongs to the Bibliothèque nationale de France. They have been displayed at the BnF's François-Mitterrand site in Paris.
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