The story
Founded in Vienna in 1952 by the Austrian engineer and private scholar Robert Haardt (1884–1962), the Society's name is an hommage to Franciscan friar, cosmographer, cartographer, and publisher Vincenzo Coronelli (1650–1718). As of 2023, the Society counts around 300 members from academic institutions around the world.
The eponymous Coronelli was not only a renowned producer of large-scale globe pairs, but also the founder of the first geographical society in the world, the Venetian Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti.
From Wikipedia’s article on International Coronelli Society for the Study of Globes, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3