Giovanni Battista Boazio
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Who is Giovanni Battista Boazio?
Giovanni Battista Boazio was an Italian draftsman and cartographer. He mapped Sir Francis Drake's voyage to the West Indies and America.
He spent a long period working in England, and made a map of Ireland that was then used in the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. He was sponsored by Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex to draw a map illustrating the Capture of Cadiz, which was engraved by Thomas Cockson.
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