Rodrigo Zamorano (1542–1620) was a

cosmographer The term cosmography has two distinct meanings: traditionally it has been the protoscience of mapping the general features of the cosmos, heaven and Earth; more recently, it has been used to describe the ongoing effort to determine the large-scal ...

of the royal house of

Philip II of Spain Philip II) in Spain, while in Portugal and his Italian kingdoms he ruled as Philip I ( pt, Filipe I). (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( es, Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from ...

. Zamorano was born in Valladolid. He was author of several books on navigation, astronomy, calendars and mathematics. He was, at one time, placed in charge of the Casa de Contratación. In 1576, he translated Euclid's Elements into Spanish. He died in Seville. The mathematician Edward Wright incorporated a translation of Zamorano's ''Compendio de la Arte de Navegar'' into his own work,

Certaine Errors in Navigation Edward Wright (baptised 8 October 1561; died November 1615) was an English mathematician and cartographer noted for his book ''Certaine Errors in Navigation'' (1599; 2nd ed., 1610), which for the first time explained the mathematical basis of t ...

, in 1599.''Compendium of the Art of Navigation'', Seville, 1581; 2nd ed., 1588.

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1542 births 1620 deaths Spanish cartographers People from Valladolid {{Cartography-stub