Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Gastaldi, Giacomo
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Jacopo
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1500-1566
History
Gastaldi was an Italian cartographer, astronomer and engineer of the 16th century. He began his career as an engineer, and from about 1544 he turned his attention to mapmaking, and his work represents several important turning points in cartographic development.