Gianibelli

Gianibelli, FEDERIGO, a military engineer, born at Mantua about 1530. During the siege of Antwerp by the Spaniards in 1585 he destroyed, by means of an explosive ship, a bridge built by the latter across the Scheldt. Proceeding to England on the capitulation of Antwerp, he rendered great service in the preparations for resisting the Armada of 1588, by fortifying the Thames shore and devising the plan of sending the fire-ships into the enemy's fleet. He is said to have died in London, but when is not known.