CAMOCIO, Giovanni Francesco
Giovanni Francesco Camocio was a cartographer, publisher and printer. From 1558 onwards, he composed various island maps, which were very thorough and constituted a pioneering work for the era. The oldest engraving of this isolario dates from 1566 and the last from 1574. Many of the maps bear Camocio’s name. The work was published in various editions from 1571 to 1574, each time with variations in the compilation of maps.
The edition includes views of fortifications and cities and depictions of battles between Christians and Ottomans. Engravings can be divided into three groups: the first one includes Venetian possessions, islands, the Albanian and Dalmatian Adriatic coast, islands and coasts iof the Ionian sea as well as depictions of sieges and sea battles in those regions. The second group is comprised of islands of the Aegean, mainly those nearer Istanbul and the Bosporus. The third group of illustrations depicts Cyprus and the military events that took place on that island, together with a few isolated subjects. Camocio died in Venice in 1575, probably during the plague epidemic. His work was influenced by similar editions by S. Pinargenti (1573) and T. Porcacchi (1572), and in its turn influenced later isolaria such as those by D. Bertelli (1574) and G. Rosaccio (1598).
Written by Ioli Vingopoulou
CAMOCIO, Giovanni Francesco - Aegean islands - Aegean sea islands
CAMOCIO, Giovanni Francesco - Rest Images
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The fleet of Lega Santa (Holy League) while departing from Messina (Sicily) in September 1571.
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Map of Klis (Cloatia), on which the ruins of Salona (today Solin) are noted.
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Map of Famagusta during the siege of the city by the Ottomans in 1571.
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The fortress of Porto Kagio besieged by the Venetians in 1570.
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The Castle of Margariti being besieged by the Venetians (1571).
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Map of the bay of Kotor with Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Herceg Novi and the city of Kotor.
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The city of Skradin while being re-captured by the Ottomans.
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Map of the Gulf of Drin in Albania, together with the city of Shkodër.
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The city of Šibenik, besieged by the Ottomans and defended by the Venetian fleet in 1570.
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The Castle of Sopoto (today Borshi) besieged by the Venetians in 1570.
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Map of Valletta as rebuilt after the end of the Ottoman siege in 1565.
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Disposition of the Venetian and Ottoman fleets during the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.
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Map of Nicosia, Cyprus, during its siege by the Ottomans (1570).
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The Ottoman and the Venetian fleet during the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.