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Amsterdam, (1606) 1613 New Spain (Mexico): HISPANIAE NOVAE NOVA DESCRIPTIO. Original copperplate printed
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This decorative map of New Spain by Jodocus Hondius portrays early 17th century European understanding of an important commercial center of the Spanish in the New World. The map includes an area focused on the west coast of present-day Mexico, with numerous cities, towns, and villages depicted. Prominent on the map is the City of Mexico, surrounded by water as it was at the time of the Spanish Conquest. This map is quite similar to the later Blaeu map of the region. The map is dominated by an attractive strapwork title cartouche at the upper right. A large sailing ships plys the Pacific. Also in the Pacific is a sea monster. A map legend is at the bottom right. The style of the cartouche is similar to Ortelius, but the engraving style is typical of the fine work of Jodocus Hondius. Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612) was the founder of the famous 17th century Dutch map publishing family. Hondius, along with sons Jodocus II and Henricus and son-in-law Jan Janssonius, was prominent in Dutch cartography and competed with the emerging Blaeu family map business. When Jodocus Hondius acquired the copperplates of the Mercator atlas and decided to re-issue them in 1606, he prepared this map for inclusion in his Atlas sive Cosmographicae...... , or Mercator-Hondius atlas as it is commonly called. This map is from an edition of his atlas of 1613. This map last appeared in a Dutch edition of the Mercator-Hondius atlas of 1634. This map was replaced with a new map of 1636. There is Latin text on the verso of this map describing New Spain with a signature of "Yyyyyyy" and page "356-357". (vd Krogt, p. 716). References: Van der Krogt, Peter. Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, vol. 1. 't Goy-Houten: HES Publishers,1997. Fine Condition overall, with a
repaired separation, likely done some time ago, entering the
map just below the sailing ship. |
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