Battista Agnese

Battista Agnese (c. 1500 – 1564) was a Venetian cartographer. His workshop produced at least 60 sea charts between 1534 and 1564, more cheaply than Dieppe maps but still considered of fine craftsmanship. The charts normally included latitude but not longitude, along with various decorative features.

One of Agnese's best-known works is an atlas of the world commissioned by Charles V for his son, Philip II. Apparently produced around 1542, it was one of the earliest maps to depict Baja California as a peninsula rather than an island.

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