Vincenzo Coronelli (1650–1718) was an Italian Franciscan friar, cartographer, cosmographer, publisher, and encyclopedist from Venice. He gained fame for creating large, finely crafted terrestrial and celestial globes, including a notable pair for Louis XIV of France. Coronelli was appointed the official Cosmographer of the Republic of Venice and founded the Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti, one of the world’s oldest geographical societies. He produced hundreds of detailed maps and atlases, including the influential Atlante Veneto. Coronelli also worked on the first modern-style geographical encyclopedia, the Biblioteca Universale Sacro-Profana. His maps often combined geographical precision with artistic flourishes and covered extensive areas of Europe and the Adriatic coast. He played a major role in Baroque cartography and contributed significantly to geographic knowledge and mapmaking during his lifetime.
