Acquired From: Leen Helmink
Colouring: Coloured
Condition: Very Good
Confirmed: 3/10/2024
Date Acquired: 29/8/2020
Dealers ID No.: 18917
Description: Johannes Janssonius was born into a family of publishers and booksellers, gaining experience in book printing from a young age. In 1612, he married Elisabeth Hondius, the daughter of the renowned mapmaker Jodocus Hondius I ( #80, #212, #253, #272) and his wife, Colette ( #113). Six years later, Janssonius established his own cartographic shop next door to his competitor, Willem Blaeu ( #9, #76, #108, #121, #351, #358). By 1630, he had partnered with his brother-in-law, Henricus Hondius ( #18, #82, #114, #123, #126, #378). That same year, they released a supplement to the Mercator-Hondius Atlas titled Atlantis majoris appendix, sive pars altera, which gradually expanded over the years.Beginning in 1638, the atlas was renamed Atlas novus and expanded to three volumes. A fourth volume was added in 1646, followed by a fifth in 1650, which was divided into two partsAtlas maritimus (Part 1) and Atlas antiquus (Part 2). Part 1 included this map of the Pacific Ocean that features several intriguing myths. Beginning in 1638, the atlas was renamed Atlas novus and expanded to three volumes. A fourth volume followed in 1646, and a fifth in 1650, which was divided into two partsAtlas maritimus (Part 1) and Atlas antiquus (Part 2). Part 1 included this map of the Pacific Ocean that features several intriguing myths. One prominent myth depicted on the map is a chain of islands stretching across the Pacific from the tip of South America to Tropicus Capricorni. These are accompanied by the inscription: Infulas esse a nova Guinea usq. ad Fretum Magellanicum, affirmat Hernandus Galego, qui ad eas explorandas missus fuit a Rege Hispaniae Anno 1576, meaning Hernandus Galego, sent by the King of Spain in 1576, asserts that there are islands from New Guinea to the Strait of Magellan. This mythical chain of islands also appears on other contemporary maps, such as Henricus Hondiuss Polus Antarcticus ( #18 and #114). nAnother common misconception in seventeenth-century cartography was representing California as an island. On this map, it is separated from a large, mysterious northern landmass labelled Terra Incognita by the Fretum Anian (Strait of Anian).nThe map also details Jan Carstensz.'s discoveries along the western coast of Cape York Peninsula in 1623, including the place names recorded during his expedition. In this first state, the map does not incorporate Abel Tasmans discoveries in Australia; they appear in the second state ( # 43).
First published: Atlas novus, Vol. 5, Part 1. Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius, 1650
Mapmaker: Janssonius, Johannes (1588-1664)
Other states: Second (see View Record (#43))
Price: 3,500
Primary Category: Sea Charts
Purchase Reference: Ledger 2022. Email 29 August 2020
Rarity: R1 Extremely rare – occasionally seen on the market
References: Johannes Keuning, The Novus Atlas of Johannes Janssonius, Imago Mundi 8 (1951): 7198.nMcLaughlin 11; Tooley pl 30; Burden 292; Potter p.129; Wagner 359; Leighly pl VI.
Technique: Copper Engraving
This state: 1650
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