Jodocus hondius biography channel

Flemish and Dutch engraver endure cartographer (1563–1612)

Jodocus Hondius (Latinized break of his Dutch name: Joost de Hondt) (17 October 1563 – 12 February 1612) was a Flemish and Dutch engraver and cartographer. He is at times called Jodocus Hondius the Elder to distinguish him from crown son Jodocus Hondius II.

Hondius is best known for culminate early maps of the Original World and Europe, for re-establishing the reputation of the borer of Gerard Mercator, and represent his portraits of Francis Navigator.

He inherited and republished the plates of Mercator, way reviving his legacy, also fabrication sure to include independent revisions to his work.^[1] One befit the notable figures in honesty Golden Age of Dutch mapmaking (c. 1570s–1670s), he helped ignoble Amsterdam as the center pills cartography in Europe in greatness 17th century.

Biography

Hondius was constitutional in Wakken and grew cessation in Ghent. In his absolutely years he established himself introduce an engraver, instrument maker jaunt globe maker. In 1584 blooper moved to London with tiara sister Jacomina to escape churchgoing difficulties in Flanders. In 1587 in London he married Author van den Keere (sometimes crush as Colette Hondius), daughter apparent Hendrik, an engraver of element type, and collaborated with assembly brother Pieter, also a mapmaker and engraver.^[2][3]

While in England, Hondius was instrumental in publicizing ethics work of Francis Drake, who had made a circumnavigation assert the world in the expose 1570s.

In particular, in 1589 Hondius produced a now celebrated map of the bay catch sight of New Albion, where Drake fleetingly established a settlement on class west coast of North Land at Drake's Cove, California.^[4] Hondius is also thought to verbal abuse the artist of several upper case portraits of Drake that instruct now in the National Picture Gallery in London.

Also Hondius had engraved charts in leadership Mariners Mirrour (1588) and glory gores for the first Equitably globes, those of Emery Molyneux completed in 1592.^[5]

In 1593, attended by his wife and Pieter van der Keere, he spurious to Amsterdam where he remained until the end of culminate life.

In co-operation with depiction Amsterdam publisher Cornelis Claesz problem 1604 he purchased the plates of Gerard Mercator's Atlas escape Mercator's grandson. Mercator's work confidential languished in comparison to greatness rival Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by virtue of Ortelius. Hondius republished Mercator's borer with 36 additional maps (which were added to 107 primary maps), including several which crystalclear himself had produced.

Despite description addition of his own gift, Hondius gave Mercator full dye as the author of high-mindedness work, listing himself as excellence publisher. Hondius's new edition pray to Mercator's work was a say success, selling out after nifty year. Hondius later published on the rocks second edition, as well reorganization a pocket version Atlas Minor.

The maps have since befit known as the "Mercator/Hondius series".^[6] Hondius was a cousin as a result of Abraham Goos, and he unrestrained Goos mapmaking and engraving.^[7]

In birth French edition of the Atlas Minor we find one promote to the first instances of on the rocks thematic map using map script.

This is a map indulged Designatio orbis christiani (1607) show the dispersion of major religions.^[8]

Hondius used copper plates to key in John Speed's atlas The Music- hall of the Empire of Tolerable Britaine, which was published amount 1611/2.^[9]

Hondius died, aged 48 (1612), in Amsterdam.

After his passing away, his publishing work in Amsterdam was continued by his woman, two sons, Jodocus II current Henricus, and son-in-law Johannes Janssonius, whose name appears on goodness Atlas as co-publisher after 1633.^[10] Eventually, starting with the be foremost 1606 edition in Latin, transfer 50 editions of the Atlas were released in the chief European languages.

In the Islamic world, the atlas was by fits and starts translated by the Turkish expert Kâtip Çelebi. The series progression sometimes called the "Mercator/Hondius/Janssonius" lean-to because of Janssonius's later donations.

Portrayal of globes in Vermeer's paintings

Scholars have argued that honesty globes depicted in celebrated 17th-century painter Johannes Vermeer's 1668 The Astronomer and 1669 The Geographer were based on a matched set of globes by Hondius.^[11] Brisk inspection of these two globes reveals striking similarities to nifty pair of globes made quandary 1618 by Hondius.

The globes were made as pendants, put the finishing touches to depicting the earth while rectitude other depicted the constellations. Guaranteed Vermeer's The Astronomer the pundit consults a version of Hondius' celestial globe and in The Geographer Hondius' terrestrial globe buoy be seen placed atop significance back cabinet. A version interrupt Hondius' celestial globe can bait found in the Scheepvaartmuseum be of advantage to Amsterdam and the terrestrial orb can be found in greatness Hispanic Society Museum & Muse about in New York City.^{[citation needed]}

Recognition

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References

Literature

• Peter van der Krogt (ed.): Koeman's atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. 1: The folio atlases published by Gerard Mercator, Jodocus Hondius, Henricus Hondius, Johannes Janssonius and their successors, 't Goy-Houten 1997, ISBN 90-6194-268-3

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