Henricus Hondius II (1597 – 16 August 1651) was a Dutch
engraver,
cartographer
Cartography (; from grc, χάρτης , "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and , "write") is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an im ...
, and publisher.
Life
He was born in
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
, the son of the famous cartographer
Jodocus Hondius
Jodocus Hondius (Latinized version of his Dutch language, Dutch name: ''Joost de Hondt'') (17 October 1563 – 12 February 1612) was a Flemish people, Flemish and Dutch engraving, engraver and cartographer. He is sometimes called Jodocus Hon ...
who had started a map-making business in the city. Henricus obtained the original plates of the
Mercator 1569 world map
The Mercator world map of 1569 is titled (Renaissance Latin for "New and more complete representation of the terrestrial globe properly adapted for use in navigation"). The title shows that Gerardus Mercator aimed to present contemporary know ...
, and published a 1606 version of it. After his father died in 1612 Henricus co-ran the business with his brother-in-law.
In 1621 opened his own company in his hometown. The first time his name was mentioned in an atlas was in 1623 when he published the fifth edition of the Mercator-Hondius atlas. After 1628 Henricus partnered with the cartographer
Jan Janssonius
Johannes Janssonius (1588, Arnhem – buried July 11, 1664, Amsterdam) (born Jan Janszoon, in English also Jan Jansson) was a Dutch cartographer and publisher who lived and worked in Amsterdam in the 17th century.
Biography
Janssonius was ...
and together they continued the business. He died in Amsterdam.
He came from a different family from
Hendrik Hondius I
Hendrik Hondius I (born Hendrik de Hondt; 9 June 1573 – ) was a Flemish-born and trained engraver, cartographer, and publisher who settled in the Dutch Republic in 1597.
Life
He was born as the son of Guillam (Willem) de Hondt, a philo ...
; there were two families engaged in very similar activities at the same time.
Works
File:1622 Caerte van t'Vrije - sijnde een gedeelte en lidt van Vlaenderen - Visscher.jpg, 1622 Oostelijk Zeeuws Vlaanderen
File:Nova totius Terrarum Orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula (Hendrik Hondius) balanced.jpg, 1630 World Map, ''Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula''
File:Africa 1631, Hendrik Hondius (3824997-recto).jpg, 1631 Africa
File:Hondius-Jansson America Septentrionalis 1636 UTA.jpg, 1636 North America
File:1641_Ieper_+_Blaeu_HR.JPG, 1641 Nova et .. Iprensis
File:Artist unknown Dam Square 001.jpg, The bookshop: ''Wakkere Hond''
File:Hendrik Hondius after Frans Hals - portrait of Pieter van den Broecke.jpg, Pieter van den Broecke.
File:Daniae Gerardus Mercator Henricus Hondius 37 44.jpg, Denmark 17th-century
References
Further reading
* Nadine Orenstein, ''Hendrick Hondius and the Business of Prints in Seventeenth-century Holland'', Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996,
* Martin Woods. "Antarctic World Views; Henricus Hondius, Polus Antarcticus; Nicholas Visscher, A new and very accurate map of the world", National Library of Australia, ''Mapping our World: Terra Incognita to Australia,'' Canberra, National Library of Australia, 2013.
External links
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17th-century cartographers
1597 births
1651 deaths
Artists from Amsterdam
Dutch cartographers
Dutch Golden Age printmakers
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