 Giambattista Nolli

Giambattista Nolli (or Giovanni Battista) [April 9, 1701 – July 3, 1756], was an Italian architect and surveyor.He is best known for his ichnographic plan of Rome, the "Pianta Grande di Roma" which he began surveying in 1736 and engraved in 1748, and now universally known as the Nolli Map.