Cornelis de Jode (1568 – 17 October 1600) was a
cartographer
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,
engraver and
publisher
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from
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, . He was the son of
Gerard de Jode, also a cartographer. Cornelis studied science at
Academy of Douai[ (info on birth and death dates and place, and info on studies in Douai are from Answers.com)]
When his father died in 1591, Cornelis de Jode took over the work on his father's uncompleted atlas, which he eventually published in 1593 as ''
Speculum Orbis Terrae ''.
Despite that contemporary scholars consider many of de Jode's maps to be copies of both Portuguese and Spanish cartographers in detail and style of atlas of the time
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
''Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'' (, "Theatre of the Orb of the World") is considered to be the first true modern atlas. Written by Abraham Ortelius, strongly encouraged by Gillis Hooftman and originally printed on 20 May 1570 in Antwerp, it consi ...
by
Ortelius, de Jode's atlas never sold well due to his plagiarize.
After his death, the engraving plates were sold to
J. B. Vrients (who also owned the
Ortelius plates), and the complete work was not published again.
File:Cornelis de Jode 1593 Totius Orbis Cogniti Universalis Descriptio.jpg, The Known World, from '' Speculum Orbis Terrae'', 1593.
File:Gerard de Jode 1593 Map Northern hemisphere.jpg, The Northern Hemisphere, also from '' Speculum Orbis Terrae'', 1593. Note the unusual perspective from a position above the north pole.
File:Gerard de Jode 1593 Map Southern hemisphere.jpg, The Southern Hemisphere. Color print from copper engraving (printer Arnold Coninx).
References
Scientists of the Habsburg Netherlands
Belgian cartographers
Scientists from Antwerp
1568 births
1600 deaths
16th-century Flemish cartographers
Early modern Netherlandish cartography
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