Date, scale, and authorship of the map are not indicated. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Hondius is best known for his early maps of the new world and europe. I would look for hours at south america, or africa, or australia, and lose myself in all the. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Jodocus hondius 15631612 america detail amsterdam, between 1609 to 1633 norman b. Antique maps of west africa barry lawrence ruderman antique. The hondius family updated mercators plates and added maps in subsequent editions. Hondius, from a french edition of mercators atlas, published between 1628 and 1635. Virginiae item et floridae americae provinciarum, nova. Old antique map of south america, by jodocus hondius. Jodocus hondius at the instigation of petrus bertius.
Antique map hondiussparke amrica meridionalis antique maps. Several major corrections have been made compared to the 1606 hondius map. This map of the americas was published in 1606 by dutch cartographer jodocus hondius 15631612. One of the first was the elder jodocus hondius nieuwe caerte van het. The sourcebook cover shows a detail from the jodocus hondius world map, made in london around 1589 to celebrate drakes explorations of the west coast of what is now north america, and to celebrate englands incipient expansionism. Jodocus hondius s 1606 map of the west african coast from senegal to cape lopez on the gulf of guinea.
It is an excellent example of early seventeenthcentury european cartography. Map of the world by jodocus hondius, 1611 internet archive. Hondiusjansson 1632 america noviter delineata this rare. Our example represents the map s second state, distinguishable by the addition of janssons name in the bottom center and. This beautiful and popular map of the americas was emulated by numerous cartographers and went through various editions. Jodocus hondius latinized version of his dutch name. West oriented copper engraved map of lower saxony with friesland by h. Japan 1623 gerard mercatorjodocus hondius large antique engraved map 17th cent. Map shows total south america, with a decorative title cartouche, two sea monsters and an offshore ship entering the cape horn. South america terra firma et novum regnum granatense et popayan amsterdam. Joannes jansson was married to elisabeth hondius, sister of jodocus, and was a prominent publisher in amsterdam. New map of the wonderful, large and rich land of guiana. Leventhal map center at bpl spotlights mythical irish island.
Lake parime and the golden city washington map society. Early dutch maps were among the best for artistic expression, composition, and rendering. South america as european conventions combined with indigenous traditions. The geographic details for the map of the straits of magellan came from bernardus joannis monasteriensis who had participated in the first dutch expedition to sail through the straits in 15991600. Shows the coasts of north america and south america from virginia through the yucatan peninsula in mexico to guiana in south america highlighting cuba, the island of hispaniola and the west indies. Map fakes, forgeries and facsimiles notes on selected items. Hondius had added to the atlas a map of america meridionalis.
Jun 22, 2016 america noviter delineata henricus hondius, 1631. This handcolored map of guiana presentday french guyana, suriname, and guyana is the work of jodocus hondius 15631612, the patriarch of one of the most famous dutch mapmaking families. Henricus hondius americae pars meridionalis south america new entry june 2010. Cadastral map showing landownership in fushimi, kyoto. Hondius map depicts an elongated lake parime south of the orinoco river, with the majority of the lake positioned south of the equator, and with. Including an until now unrecorded map territorium norimbergense of nuremberg with the signature of jodocus hondius. Map world a new and accurat map of the world drawne. The map includes annotations in dutch about the indigenous peoples of northern south america, along with fantastic illustrations of south american animals. Jodocus hondius 14 october 1563 12 february 1612 was a flemish engraver and cartographer. It incorporates a more correct west coast of south. Update to the mapping of north america volumes i and ii updated march 2020 1 peter martyr danghiera.
The island, known topographically as hybrasil, was, in early years, noted to be a round formation near the. The map was most likely made between 1595 and 1598 before the uji river was made into lake. I will explore the role of nova albion itself, the two depictions, the motivating impulses of hakluyt and hondius, and the place of all of this in the political, commercial, and religious ambitions and wars of the late sixteenth century. Totius circuli westphalici accurata descriptio amstelodami sumptibus henrici hondy. Novissima ac exactissima totius orbis terrarum descriptio magna the atlas consists of the map divided into 18 sections, with a key map boston public library copy previously under call number. Facsimile representation of the large wall map in two hemispheres made by jodocus hondius the elder in the netherlands. Originally issued by jodocus hondius ii in 1618 with carteafigures borders, it was derived from two earlier maps by blaeu. Cartographers experience of time in the mercatorhondius atlas. Showing the coastal line between the river mouth of rhine and elbe and down to cologne in the south. English nation 1589 and a map, jodocus hondiuss vera totius expeditionis navticae c. The map would form europes geographical understanding of north and south america for the first half of the 17th century. Map of the world by jodocus hondius, 1611 in searchworks catalog. In 1607 jodocus hondius published a reduced size version of.
The world map of 1669 by jodocus hondius the elder and. Authentic old, antique, and rare maps of west africa for sale by barry lawrence ruderman antique maps. Map of the straits of magellan, hondius 1611 terra. The original map was based on jodocus hondius the elders map of 1606, along with the willem blaeu maps of 1608 and 1617. This magnificent and extremely important, hand coloured original antique map of america was drawn and engraved by jodocus hondius for inclusion in his editions of gerard mercators atlas sive cosmographicae between 1606 and 1630. This page was last edited on 3 october 2019, at 20. Intended to be a grand comprehensive work, with the first part originally appearing in 1585, by mercators death in 1594 only two parts had been published. Gerard mercator antique original antique maps, atlases. See more ideas about antique maps, old maps and map. One of the first was the elder jodocus hondius nieuwe caerte van het wonderbaer ende goudrycke landt guiana, which was published in 1596 and was based on raleighs work. Oct 20, 2012 1595 map of the world by flemish artist, engraver and cartographer jodocus hondius, depicting the first english circumvention of the globe 15771580 by sir francis drake and a subsequent one 15861588 by his countryman thomas cavendish.
Joaquin gutierrez, our lady of the rosary of chiquinquira, 1767. Presented on a stereographic projection and centered on the americas, the map extends west to include the pacific as far as new guinea, and east to include the atlantic as far as the british isles, western spain, and western africa. Brown, paradise, california of a map of south america, issued as a pair with the henricus hondius map of north america and, like that, with the false date 1629. Hondiusjansson 1632 america noviter delineata this rare, magnificent map of the americas is derived from jodocus hondius map of 1618. This actual map is from the last 1630 latin edition, identified by the text line mmmmmmmm on the verso of the map. The installation is accompanied by a bilingual brochure as well as bilingual treat. Available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image. He is sometimes called jodocus hondius the elder to distinguish him from his son jodocus hondius ii. Antique maps and old atlases by jodocus hondius gotzfried. Novissima ac exactissima totius orbis terrarum descriptio magna. Antique maps by jodocus hondius barry lawrence ruderman. A beautiful and rare world map, one of two engraved by jodocus hondius for jean le.
Encompass a selection of antique maps from jonathan potter ilab. Jodocus hondius 15631612 was one of the giants of the dutch golden age of map making. Born in wakken but raised in ghent, the young jodocus worked as an engraver, instrument maker, and globe maker. Jansson, circa 1660 map virginia nova virginiae amsterdam. We offer a large stock of old and rare original antique maps of west africa, with a detailed description and high resolution image for each antique map of west africa we offer for sale. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. Search results from map, available online library of congress. Jodocus hondius, from the latin edition of his atlas, amsterdam, 16showing. See our prints page for more details pff this map isnt part of any series, but we have other maps of the world that you might want to check out. The 1511 peter martyr map revisited, in the portolan. Jodocus hondius 1563 1612 was a dutch engraver, and cartographer. His work did much to establish amsterdam as the center of cartographic publishing in the seventeenth century.
The history of cartography, volume 3 university of chicago press. The world map of 1669 by jodocus hondius the elder and nicolaas visscher wallmaps of the 16th and 17th centuries hondius, jodocus on. A stunning full color example of jodocus hondius 1606 map of america. Make offer jodocus hondius small map of south east england dated 1610. Illustrated memoir of an eventful expedition into central america. Interestingly, an almost identical johanness janssonius edition exists of this map, but was not listed in the contract made up on march 2nd, 1630 between henricus hondius, joannes janssonius and the engravers evert symontsz hamersvelt and salomon rogiers. This map, commonly acknowledged as one of the most beautiful of the period, first appeared in the 1630 edition of the mercator hondius atlas. Every newly discovered map alters cartographic history. Color plates of the map can be found in kenneth nebenzahls atlas of columbus and the great discoveries. Includes text, 2 ancillary maps showing landing at california and java, 2 ancillary views showing drakes welcome at moluccas and drakes ship cast.