Geography & Dioceses

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Navigators and Explorers (Navigatori e Esploratori)

John of Plano Carpini (GIOVANNI DA PIAN DEL CARPINE) Vol. VI, p. 372
JOHN OF PLANO CARPINI. - Franciscan, missionary; b. toward the end of the 12th century at Pian del Carpine (Perugia), he took the…
Polo, Marco Vol. IX, p. 1018
POLO, MARCO. - One of the greatest Italian travelers, b. in Venice in 1254 to Niccolò, member of a commercial house that had a wide range…
Ptolemy (Ptolemaeus), Claudius (TOLOMEO (TOLEMEO), CLAUDIO) Vol. XII, p. 155
PTOLEMY (PTOLEMAEUS), CLAUDIUS. - Astronomer, geographer and mathematician, b. perhaps at Ptolemais in the Thebaid around 100 A.D., lived…
Verrazano, Giovanni Vol. XII, p. 835
VERRAZANO, GIOVANNI. - Florentine navigator, b. around 1485 to a family originally from the Val di Greve; killed in an expedition in 1528.…
Vivaldi, Ugolino and Vadino (VIVALDI, UGOLINO E VADINO) Vol. XII, p. 979
VIVALDI, UGOLINO AND VADINO. - Genoese navigators who in 1291 undertook a voyage "quod aliquis usque nunc minime attemptavit" in order to…