Atlantic Islands, mythical, retained by Mercator, I, 210; by Blaeu, II, 31 Austral continent, on Green globe, 1515, I, 76; on Mercator globe, and reasons for believing in its existence, 130; on Spano and Hondius globes, 204, II, 148; compare its representation on various globes Aversa, Episcopal Seminary (Seminario Vescovile), II, 114 (Coronelli) Baba, Andrea, secretary of the Argonauti, II, 102 Bacon, Roger, belief in a spherical earth, I, 43 Baldelli, Abbot Onofri, presented a Moroncelli globe to Academy of Cortona, II, 88 Basel, Museum des Cordeliers, I, 201 (Gessner) Bassano, Communal Library (BibliotecaComunale), II, 60 (Greuter). Tipografia Roberto, II, 189 (Scaltaglia); 190 (Viani) Bede, the Venerable, belief in a spherical earth, I, 37, 38 Behaim, Martin, maker of oldest extant terrestrial globe, I, 47; certain of his globe legends cited, 49-51; encourages globe construction in Nürnberg, 51; statement of expenses for the construction of his globe, 56, n. 104 Belluno, Library Count Piloni, I, 150 (De Mongenet); II, 59 (Greuter) Benevento, Episcopal Library (Biblioteca Vescovile), II, 63 (Greuter) Benevento, Friar Marco da, refers to globes in his edition of Ptolemy, 1507, I, 64 Bergamo, City Library (Biblioteca Civico), II, 111 (Coronelli); 124 (Eimmart) Bering, Vitus, reference to his discovery by Desnos, II, 178 Bern, Library Sr. Frey, I, 116 (Vopel) Bernard, William, explorer, II, 38, 40 Bertius, Petrus, noted geographer and friend of Hondius, II, 3 Bion, Nicolas, reform in globe construction, II, 153 Blaeu, Willem Jansz., appointed official map maker, II, 21; variations in his signature, 23; relations with Tycho Brahe, 19-21; refers to the new star discovered in 1600, 30 Bollert, Roland, patron of Franciscus Monachus, I, 97 Bologna, Astronomical Observatory (Osservatorio Astronomico), II, 43 (Blaeu). Physics Museum (Museo di Fisica), II, 150 (Valk). University Library (Biblioteca Universitario), II, 180 (Rosini). Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 59 (Greuter); 114 (Coronelli). State Archives (Archivo di Stato), II, 114 (Coronelli). Convent Osservanza (Convento dell’ Osservanza), II, 114 (Coronelli). Malvezzi Library (Archivio Malvezzi), II, 153 (Bion). Library General Gandolfi, II, 59 (Greuter). Library Professor Liuzzi, II, 114 (Coronelli). Library Bottrigari, II, 189 (Scaltaglia). Library Bortognoni, II, 190 (Viani) Boncompagni, Jocopo, member of famous Bolognese family, to him Greuter dedicates his globe of 1632, II, 55 Borgonone, Francesco Mongonetto, referred to as publisher of a globe, I, 149 Boscoreale, globe fresco, I, 21 Brabant, Hondius dedicates a globe to Albert and Isabella of, II, 9 Brahe, George, uncle and teacher of Tycho Brahe, I, 183