Antonio Salamanca
Antonio Salamanca or Martinez de Salamanca (Salamanca 1479–1562 Rome) was a Spanish-born Italian dealer and publisher who settled in Rome and was active as a book-seller, publisher and engraver. A recently discovered marriage contract dates their wedding in 1532. Since she is explicitly named as his legitimate child in her own marriage certificate, it can be concluded that Salamanca had a previous, unidentified wife as well. • Illustration — The sea battle of Preveza, 1538, Copper engraving by Antonio Salamanca In 1532 he published his first collection of engravings with prints of mythological interest, including works by Raphael.
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Antonio Salamanca
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- Name
- Antonio Salamanca
- Born
- 1479
- Birthplace
- Salamanca, Spain
- Died
- 1562 (aged about 83)
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Occupation
- Publisher
- Full name
- Marco Antonio Martínez.
- Nationality
- Spain.
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Antonio Salamanca or Martinez de Salamanca (Salamanca 1479–1562 Rome) was a Spanish-born Italian dealer and publisher who settled in Rome and was active as a book-seller, publisher and engraver. A recently discovered marriage contract dates their wedding in 1532. Since she is explicitly named as his legitimate child in her own marriage certificate, it can be concluded that Salamanca had a previous, unidentified wife as well. • Illustration — The sea battle of Preveza, 1538, Copper engraving by Antonio Salamanca In 1532 he published his first collection of engravings with prints of mythological interest, including works by Raphael.
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Since 1553, he cooperated with Antonio Lafreri (1512–1577), a publisher and map trader of French origin, with whom he published a book of Juan Valverde de Amusco illustrated by Nicolas Beatrizet. His cooperation with Lafreri lasted until his death, for almost a decade, and produced engraved maps, prints and views of cities, as well as informative leaflets (avvisi) of important events of his time. Amongst his works is the creation of a copy of the first world map by Gerardus Mercator.
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• Name — Antonio Salamanca • Other Names — Martinez de Salamanca • Born — 1479 • Birthplace — Salamanca, Spain • Died — 1562 (aged about 83) • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Occupation — Publisher • Years Active — 1517–1562 • Children — Francesco Salamanca
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- Salamanca, Antonio, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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- “Antonio Salamanca”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.1. Archivio di Stato di Roma, Collegio dei Notai Capitolini, vol. 321, fols. 39, dated ‘the last day of February 1532’. Notary Giorgio Latino Cecio; published by Corinna Gallori, ‘Antonio Salamanca's First Marrige’, Print Quarterly, vol. xlii, no. 1 (March 2025), p. 44, note 5.
- 2.2. Rome, Archivio Storico Capitolina, Archivo Urbano, sez. I, vol. 289/3, fol. 41; Corinna Gallori, ‘Antonio Salamanca's First Marrige’, Print Quarterly, vol. xlii, no. 1 (March 2025), p. 44.
- 3.The Ionian Sea. Chartography and History 16th–18th century [in Greek], Archive of the Chartography of Greek Areas, Cultural Foundation of the National Bank of Greece, Athens, 2007, biographies of map makers, p. 239.
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Salamanca, Antonio, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
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