Dante, Egnatio [Egnazio, Ignazio] (1536–86)

Astronomer, instrument-maker and cartographer. Born in Perugio, Italy, of a father who also apparently made astronomical instruments, he became a Dominican monk, and published works on Sacrobosco's Sphere, and other astronomical and mathematical topics. He made maps under the patronage of Cosimo I de' Medici, and a large terrestrial globe, which still exists