Agnese

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  • Projection naming principle: Principle of Originator.
  • Year of origin: 1540
  • Name of originator: Giovanni Battista Agnese
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  • Projection synonyms: Agnese-Ortelius
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Chronology of projection development

  • Used by Italian cartographer Giovanni Agnese, c. 1540, in various portolan-chart atlases
  • Used by Abraham Ortelius (Antwerp), in 1570, in his atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum