da Montalboddo, active Fracanzano

da Montalboddo, active Fracanzano

Fracanzano da Montalboddo was an early-16th-century Italian editor and compiler. He is best known for "Paesi novamente retrovati" (Vicenza, 1507), one of the first printed collections of voyage accounts, gathering narratives of explorers such as Columbus, Vespucci, and Vasco da Gama.