Acquired From: Leen Helmink
Colouring: Coloured
Condition: Excellent
Confirmed: 3/10/2024
Date Acquired: 17/8/2020
Dealers ID No.: 18914 (5861)
Description: In 1584, Jodocus Hondius I fled religious persecution in Ghent (now Belgium) and settled in London. There, he established himself as an engraver, instrument maker, and mapmaker. Three years later, he married Coletta van den Keere, sister of the renowned engraver Pieter van den Keere (View Record (#8), View Record (#109), View Record (#122), View Record (#155), View Record (#217), View Record (#273)). nIn 1593, Hondius moved to Amsterdam and founded the map publishing house In de Wackere Hondt ("In the Vigilant Dog"). In 1604, he acquired numerous copperplates from Gerard Mercator's atlas which he incorporated into his own collection. From 1606 to 1630, he published an expanded version of Mercators atlas, titled Gerardi Mercatoris, Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes, in both Latin and French. Mercator remained credited as the author, Hondiuss name appeared as the publisher. These atlases are now collectively known as the Mercator-Hondius series. nHondius created this map of Asia for his atlas, introducing several updates. Korea, is shown as an island while Japan appears with its three principal islands. The East Indies are mapped based on Portuguese sources, particularly those found in Jan Huygen van Linschotens Itinerario (1596) and Theodor de Brys Petit Voyages (15981599). Java is drawn with an incomplete coastline and New Guinea, labelled with Spanish place names, includes a note stating that it is not yet identified whether this is an island or part of the continent of Terra Australis." nThe lengthy text panel below the title describes the ancient history of Asiam while another panel in the upper right explains the "Straits of Anian" between Asia and America.
First published: Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas, sive, cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius, 1606
Image Size (cm): 50×37
Mapmaker: Hondius I, Jodocus (1563-1612)
Other states: 1606, 1607, 1609, 1611, 1613, 1619, 1628, and 1630
Price: 1,100
Primary Category: Asia
Purchase Reference: Ledger 2022
Rarity: R3 Uncommon – dealers can usually obtain a copy
References: Van der Krogt 1, 8000:1B; nDavid Parry, The Cartography of the East Indian Islands: Insulae Indiae Orientalis, 99101, pl 4.13.
Sheet size (cm): 56×46.5
Technique: Copper Engraving
This state: 1623, Seventh (Latin)
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