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Johannes Janssonius (1588,
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) (born Jan Janszoon, in English also Jan Jansson) was a Dutch
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and publisher who lived and worked in Amsterdam in the 17th century.


Biography

Janssonius was born in Arnhem, the son of Jan Janszoon the Elder, a publisher and bookseller. In 1612 he married Elisabeth de Hondt, the daughter of
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 ...
. He produced his first maps in 1616 of
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. In 1623 Janssonius owned a bookstore in
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. His wife Elisabeth died in 1627 and he married Elisabeth Carlier in 1629. He formed a partnership with his brother in law Henricus Hondius, and together they published atlases as Mercator/Hondius/Janssonius. Under the leadership of Janssonius the Hondius Atlas was steadily enlarged. Renamed ''Atlas Novus'', it had three volumes in 1638, one fully dedicated to Italy. In 1646, a fourth volume came out with "English County Maps", a year after a similar issue by
Joan Blaeu Joan Blaeu (; 23 September 1596 – 21 December 1673) was a Dutch cartographer born in Alkmaar, the son of cartographer Willem Blaeu. Life In 1620, Blaeu became a doctor of law but he joined the work of his father. In 1635, they published ...
. Janssonius' maps are similar to those of Blaeu, and he is often accused of copying from his rival, but many of his maps predate those of Blaeu and/or covered different regions. By 1660, at which point the atlas bore the appropriate name "Atlas Major", there were 11 volumes, containing the work of about a hundred credited authors and engravers. It included a description of "most of the cities of the world" (Townatlas), of the waterworld (Atlas Maritimus in 33 maps), and of the Ancient World (60 maps). The eleventh volume was titled ''Atlas of the Heavens'' (a type of
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. Editions were printed in Dutch, Latin, French, and a few times in German. After Janssonius's death, the publishing company was continued by his son-in law, Johannes van Waesbergen. The London bookseller
Moses Pitt Moses Pitt (c. 1639–1697) was a bookseller and printer known for the production of his ''Atlas'' of the world, a project supported by the Royal Society, and in particular by Christopher Wren. He is also known as the author of ''The Cry of t ...
attempted publication of the Atlas Major in English, but ran out of resources after the fourth volume in 1683.


Selected works

*''Sueciæ, Norvegiæ et Daniæ Nova Tabula'',
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c. 1645. *''Tabula exactissima Regnorum Sueciæ et Norvegiæ'' (1636), which replaced Hondius II 1613 *''Episcopatum Stavangriensis, Bergensis et Asloiensis''
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1636–1642. The first map to show the
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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,


See also

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List of cartographers Cartography is the study of map making and cartographers are map makers. Before 1400 *Anaximander, Greek Anatolia (610 BC–546 BC), first to attempt making a map of the known world *Hecataeus of Miletus, Greek Anatolia (550 BC–476 BC), geogr ...
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History of cartography The history of cartography refers to the development and consequences of cartography, or mapmaking technology, throughout human history. Maps have been one of the most important human inventions for millennia, allowing humans to explain and navig ...
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Willem Blaeu Willem Janszoon Blaeu (; 157121 October 1638), also abbreviated to Willem Jansz. Blaeu, was a Dutch cartographer, atlas maker and publisher. Along with his son Johannes Blaeu, Willem is considered one of the notable figures of the Netherlandis ...


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