Acquired From: Leen Helmink
Colouring: Coloured
Condition: Fair. Oxidation of green pigment
Date Acquired: 6/9/2020
Dealers ID No.: 18916
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.nBeginning 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 split into two parts: Atlas maritimus (Part 1) and Atlas antiquus (Part 2). Part 1 included a map of the Indian Ocean ( #34). nIn 1664, the map was updated to compete with Joan Blaeus Atlas maior. Janssonius included an outline of Terre del Zur (Australia) but added Hollandia Nova. He retained the early Dutch discoveries along Australias western and southern coasts ( #34), while also including the discoveries from Abel Tasman's first voyage of 1642-43, notably the addition of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), named after Anthony van Diemen, the governor of the Dutch East. The map also reflected the discoveries from Tasman's second voyage of 1644 to the northern and western coasts of Australia.
First published: Atlas novus, Vol. 5, Part 1. Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius, 1650
Image Size (cm): 55.5×43.5
Mapmaker: Janssonius, Johannes (1588-1664)
Other states: First 1650 (see entry #34)
Price: 6,000
Primary Category: Asia
Purchase Reference: Ledger 2022. Email 6/09/2020
Rarity: R1 Extremely rare – occasionally seen on the market
References: Johannes Keuning, The Novus Atlas of Johannes Janssonius, Imago Mundi 8 (1951): 7198.nClancy p.80, ill.map.6.9, Clancy (R) p.77, ill.pp.82-83, McMahon p.6, ill.p.6, Parry 109-110, ill.pl.4.22, Perry 25, Quirino p.106, Schilder 45, ill.333, Tooley 747, Tooley Pg 200-16, ill. pl.125.nGowrie Printed III pg 36
Sheet size (cm): 62×53.5
Technique: Copper Engraving
This state: 1664 Second or later
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