Vincenzo Maria Coronelli was an Italian Franciscan friar, cosmographer, cartographer, publisher, and encyclopedist known in particular for his atlases and globes. He spent most of his life in Venice.
Coronelli from the frontispiece of the folio edition of Atlante Veneto, c. 1710
The terrestrial globe Coronelli made for Louis XIV.
The celestial globe Coronelli made for Louis XIV.
America Settentrionale Colle Nuove Scoperte fin all' Anno 1688, from Atlante Veneto
Order of Friars Minor Conventual
The Order of Friars Minor Conventual (O.F.M.Conv.) is a male religious fraternity in the Catholic Church and a branch of the Franciscan Order. Conventual Franciscan Friars are identified by the affix O.F.M.Conv. after their names. They are also known as Conventual Franciscans or Minorites.
Basilica of St. Francis, Assisi, the most important church of the Order, where the saint's body is preserved.
A Conventual Franciscan in Brazil