Acquired From: Leen Helmink
Colouring: Uncoloured
Condition: Very Good
Confirmed: Yes
Date Acquired: 24/8/2011
Description: This double-hemisphere world map is the first of two engraved by Jodocus Hondius I for the Parisian publisher Jean Le Clerc; the second, is in an oval projection (#110) followed soon after. The map exists in three known states. The first, dated 1602, is complete and free of plate damage. The second, produced around 16201621, shows a missing upper-left corner due to a break in the copper platevisible on this exampleand shortly thereafter, the engraved date was altered from 1602 to 1622. The third state retains the damaged corner and includes the date 1633.nHondiuss design closely follows Rumold Mercators 1587 world map, itself derived from Gerard Mercators 1569 projection, preserving the dominant presence of Terra Australis across the southern hemisphere. This vast, hypothetical continent is populated with place names from Marco Polos travel accounts, including Beach and Maletur, positioned south of Java Major (Iava Maior). West of these lies Magellanica, named for Ferdinand Magellan, accompanied by a note suggesting that some considered it a continental landmass.nHondius introduced significant updates to Mercator's design, particularly in the depiction of South America, where he removed the exaggerated bulge along the southwest coast, aligning it more closely with contemporary knowledge. He also presented Tierra del Fuego as a group of islands south of the Strait of Magellan (Fretum Magellanicum). Among these are the Insulae Reginae Elisabethae (Queen Elizabeths Islands), attributed to Sir Francis Drakes 1578 explorations.nSurrounding the hemispheres are four auxiliary diagrams, illustrating the phases of the moon, the Earths climatic zones, and two astronomical instruments. A Latin inscription from Psalm 24:12 is appears below the spheres: Domini est terra, et plenitudo ejus: orbis terrarum, et universi, qui habitant in eo. Quia ipse super maria fundavit eum. (The earth is the Lords, and the fullness thereof; the world, and all who dwell therein. For He has founded it upon the seas.)nIssued both as a separate map and within several composite atlasesincluding Le Clercs Théatre Géographique du Royaume de France (1619)this engraving exemplifies the integration of religious, scientific, and exploratory knowledge characteristic of early seventeenth-century cartography.
Engraver: Hondius, Jodocus (1563-1612)
First published: Separate Publication. Amsterdam: Jean Le Clerc, 1602
Mapmaker: Hondius, Jodocus (1563-1612)
Other states: 1602 First, 1633 Third
Price: 46,000
Primary Category: World
Purchase Reference: Inv. 2011-005
Rarity: R2 Very rare – one or two copies appear on the market
Shirley ID #: 233 Mapping the World
Technique: Copper Engraving
This state: 1620 Second
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