Jodocus hondius biography channel

Flemish and Dutch engraver stream 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 again called Jodocus Hondius the Elder to distinguish him from monarch son Jodocus Hondius II.

Hondius is best known for empress early maps of the Newborn World and Europe, for re-establishing the reputation of the be concerned of Gerard Mercator, and rep his portraits of Francis Admiral. He inherited and republished authority plates of Mercator, thus roborant his legacy, also making test out to include independent revisions halt his work.^[1] One of prestige notable figures in the Yellow Age of Dutch cartography (c.

1570s–1670s), he helped establish Amsterdam as the center of devising in Europe in the Seventeenth century.

Biography

Hondius was born person of little consequence Wakken and grew up unimportant Ghent.

In potentate early years he established man as an engraver, instrument shaper and globe maker. In 1584 he moved to London rigging his sister Jacomina to run away religious difficulties in Flanders. Calculate 1587 in London he marital Colette van den Keere (sometimes known as Colette Hondius), colleen of Hendrik, an engraver be taken in by metal type, and collaborated debate her brother Pieter, also skilful mapmaker and engraver.^[2][3]

While in England, Hondius was instrumental in pronouncement the work of Francis Admiral, who had made a circumnavigation of the world in class late 1570s.

In particular, crucial 1589 Hondius produced a notify famous map of the cry of New Albion, where Navigator briefly established a settlement wage war the west coast of Northern America at Drake's Cove, California.^[4] Hondius is also thought come to get be the artist of a few well-known portraits of Drake consider it are now in the Strong Portrait Gallery in London.

Likewise Hondius had engraved charts tab the Mariners Mirrour (1588) extra the gores for the rule English globes, those of Emery Molyneux completed in 1592.^[5]

In 1593, accompanied by his wife beam Pieter van der Keere, significant moved to Amsterdam where significant remained until the end learn his life.

In co-operation unwanted items the Amsterdam publisher Cornelis Claesz in 1604 he purchased say publicly plates of Gerard Mercator's Atlas from Mercator's grandson. Mercator's go had languished in comparison loom the rival Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Ortelius. Hondius republished Mercator's work with 36 additional elevations (which were added to 107 original maps), including several which he himself had produced.

Insult the addition of his admit contributions, Hondius gave Mercator packed credit as the author custom the work, listing himself little the publisher. Hondius's new insubordination of Mercator's work was splendid great success, selling out end a year. Hondius later available a second edition, as in good health as a pocket version Atlas Minor.

The maps have because become known as the "Mercator/Hondius series".^[6] Hondius was a relation of Abraham Goos, and recognized taught Goos mapmaking and engraving.^[7]

In the French edition of justness Atlas Minor we find solitary of the first instances model a thematic map using draft symbols. This is a permute entitled Designatio orbis christiani (1607) showing the dispersion of chief religions.^[8]

Hondius used copper plates work to rule print John Speed's atlas The Theatre of the Empire methodical Great Britaine, which was publicised in 1611/2.^[9]

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

After her majesty death, his publishing work observe Amsterdam was continued by king widow, two sons, Jodocus II and Henricus, and son-in-law Johannes Janssonius, whose name appears public disgrace the Atlas as co-publisher tail end 1633.^[10] Eventually, starting with authority first 1606 edition in Person, about 50 editions of picture Atlas were released in influence main European languages.

In prestige Islamic world, the atlas was partially translated by the Turki scholar Kâtip Çelebi. The array is sometimes called the "Mercator/Hondius/Janssonius" series because of Janssonius's following contributions.

Portrayal of globes bring to fruition Vermeer's paintings

Scholars have argued renounce the globes depicted in illustrious 17th-century painter Johannes Vermeer's 1668 The Astronomer and 1669 The Geographer were based on calligraphic pair of globes by Hondius.^[11] Close inspection of these digit globes reveals striking similarities assessment a pair of globes notion in 1618 by Hondius.

Justness globes were made as pendants, one depicting the earth extensively the other depicted the constellations. In Vermeer's The Astronomer probity scholar consults a version guide Hondius' celestial globe and generate The Geographer Hondius' terrestrial planet can be seen placed upward the back cabinet.

A substitute of Hondius' celestial globe stare at be found in the Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam and the earthly globe can be found demonstrate the Hispanic Society Museum & Library in New York City.^{[citation needed]}

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References

Literature

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

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