Giovanni Maggi (1566 - Rome 1618) Architect, cartographer and engraver from Lombardy, he was a good-natured man with a great perspective sense, and is one of the first authors in Rome of etchings representing natural landscapes. He was the author of the series "Ten Basilicas" and various Rome maps: 1599, 1603, 1608 e 1625. The last one was not engraved by Maggi due to economical problems and it was published posthumous by Paolo Maupin that bore the carving expenses on wooden matrixes.