Flavio Gioia

(1300 fl.)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Gioia, Flavio, 13th/14th cent. LBT ID: FlGioio1300 VIAF ID: 11678338 LOC ID: n2003015803
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The reputed inventor of the compass, now regarded as a legendary figure.
REFERENCES TO Flavio Gioia: Robert Southey to John Rickman, 22 March 1805 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 1 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XI. 1804-1805