Agostino Codazzi

Giovanni Battista Agostino Codazzi, alternatively known in Latin America as Juan Bautista Agustín Codazzi, was an Italo-Venezuelan soldier, scientist, geographer, cartographer, and governor of Barinas (1846–1847). He made his main investigations and cartographic work in Venezuela and Colombia, thereby creating for both countries a complete set of maps and statistics after the tumultuous years following independence from the Spanish Empire.