The Truth Behind Leonardo da Vinci's Amazing 'Satellite' Map

Although you may not know it, Leonardo Da Vinci was not just a painter, he was a cartographer. In 1502, Da Vinci created a remarkable and revolutionary map, although no one recognized it at the time. His map is today considered the first "satellite" or "ichnographic" map -- a map done from a bird's-eye perspective. However, Da Vinci never published his map, despite it being lovingly detailed and something he carried around with him on his journeys through Italy.

This is a map of Imola, a small Italian town that Da Vinci spent some time in along with Machiavelli and Cesare Borgia while he served as the chief engineer for the military leader Borgia. This video goes over the methods that Da Vinci used in creating this remarkable map, his love of water and sketching realistic details, and how Da Vinci viewed his own work and achievements. While today we recognize Da Vinci as an incredible inventor and illustrator in addition to a great painter, in his own time and afterwards he was not regarded with so much wonder as he is today.

My goal with this series is to explore the amazing maps that humanity has created over the span of human history, and to use these as ways to connect with our ancestors. I hope you enjoy going on this journey with me, and please let me know if you like this format and if you want to see more videos.

A huge thanks to everyone that helped to contribute to this video and whose works are featured here, including:

Images and Clips
- https://www.rct.uk/collection/912284/...
- https://www.ambrosiana.it/en/opere/at...
- http://codex-atlanticus.ambrosiana.it...
- https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/deta...
- Art from Wikipedia and other sources
- Many clips from Pexels.

Audio
- Popular Music in Renaissance Italy (   • Popular music in Renaissance Italy (1...  )

Research
- Leonardo da Vinci, Walter Isaacson
- https://exhibits.stanford.edu/leonard...
- https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/...
- https://online.ucpress.edu/jsah/artic...
- https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/ed...
- https://uva.theopenscholar.com/neh-in...
- https://markmeynell.wordpress.com/201...
-    • How Leonardo da Vinci made a "satelli...  
- Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard..., and others)
And many more.

A nod to Great Art Explained (   / @greatartexplained  ) for helping me come up with the idea for this series.

And of course, thanks to all the many hands along the course of history that created and shared such works, so we can all learn more from the past.

Love,
Victor

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