Rizzi Zannoni, Giovanni Antonio (1736 - 1814)

Engineer, Cartographer

Giovanni Antonio Rizzi Zannoni from 1749 to 1753 astronomy at the University of Padua as student of Giovanni Poleni. In 1753 was invited in Poland by king Augustus III to design a map of the whole Poland; the latter was judged much better than the ones that had been designed before. He was then invited in Sweden, Danemark and Prussia to draw maps of those Nations. Later was appuinted Hydrographer Engineer of Paris. In 1781 till he dead was back in Naples where he designed the Geographical Atlas of the Kingdom of the Two Siciles that represents the first maritime atlas of the world. In Naples he founded the Neapolitan School of Cartography.

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Rizzi Zannoni, Giovanni Antonio

Curriculum vitae

* 02.09.1736	Padova	nato
1749 - 1753	Padova	studia Astronomia all’Università di Padova
1753		Comincia la sua carriera di cartografo in Polonia
1756		Svolge la sua opera di cartografo in Svezia e Danimarca
1769		Disegna una carta del Regno delle due Sicilie
1772 - 1774		E’ ingegnere idrografo di Parigi
1781 - 1812	Napoli	E’ A Napoli dove completa l’Atlante Geografico del Regno di Napoli
† 20.05.1814	Napoli	morto

Collections

		Inizio dell'epoca moderna tra 1500-1780
		Rivoluzione Industriale, dal 1780 al 1850

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DMG-Lib		https://www.dmg-lib.org/dmglib/handler?biogr=13250004
Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_biogr_13250004.html

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Rizzi Zannoni, Giovanni Antonio (1736 - 1814)