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Fantina Polo (1303 – between 28 August 1375 and 18 December 1385) was a noblewoman of the Republic of Venice.
The first document—the “Fantina Polo Map 1” (see pl. 6)—is a map covering Europe, northern Africa, and Asia, set in a kind of “longitude-latitude” grid, with place-names referred to by a series of Roman numerals. The map is signed “Fantina Polo” with the year “1329.”
Jan 26, 2022 · Three of the Marco Polo children were named Bella Polo, Fantina Polo, and Moreta Polo. Marco Polo's father and uncle set out to discover more about Asia in the year 1255. Kublai Khan was a king of the Mongol empire in China, and he was one of the grandsons of Genghis Khan.
Fantina Bragadin (born Polo) was born in 1299, in birth place, to Marco Emilio Polo and Donata Polo (born Badoer). Fantina had 2 sisters: Bellela Querini (born Polo) and one other sibling. Fantina married Marco Bragadin in to 1324, at age 25 in marriage place. They had one son: Pietro Bragadin.
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Patrizia veneziana, prima figlia di Marco Polo e Donata Badoer.Dopo la morte del padre, Fantina è costretta a cedere, a favore del marito Marco Bragadin la gestione di tutti i suoi beni, anche quelli affidati a lei direttamente ed esclusi dalla sua dote. Nonostante lo stesso Bragadin prometta di restituirle quanto le apparteneva di diritto, fino al...
Raffaele Santoro, Alessandra Schiavon, Chiara Scarpa, Marco Biccai (a cura di), Carteggio di Fantina Polo, Archivio di Stato di Venezia, Venezia, 1366.Marino Zorzi, Collezioni di antichità a Venezia:nei secoli della repubblica, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Roma, Istituto Poligrafico della Zecca e dello Stato, 1988, ISBN 8-824-03026-2.Marcello Bolognari, "Agnes uxor Nicolai Calbo de confinio Sancti Iohannis Grisostomi: un nuovo documento inedito sulla famiglia Polo", in Studi Medievali III serie, 62, Rivista della Fondazione, Sp...The elements were illustrated on three maps (Moreta Polo Map 2 (verso), Moreta Polo map 1, and the Fantina Polo Map 1) and spoken of in some of the accompanying texts.
Here, maps apparently signed by Fantina Polo and Moreta Polo are presented. These works include many fascinating features, such as Ptolemaic grid lines and toponyms, mentions of the famous (but mysterious) island of Antillia , and even Chinese place names.
