| Jodocus Hondius | |
| Amsterdam, (1606) 1630 AMERICA | Jodocus Hondius excudit Amsterodami. Original copperplate
engraved map |
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A spectacular map of the Americas at the beginning of European settlement in North America. This map provides considerable, interesting detail on European knowledge and misinformation of the New World: the Amazon and the River de la Plata both begin from a common lake in the interior of South America; the Great Lakes are not identified; North America has the elongated northern part; the east coast of the present day United States has an overly enlarged bay; and, there is a flat New England coastline. Croatoan on the Outer Banks of the Carolinas is shown, as is the Chesapeake Bay (Chesepiook). There is a legend at the upper right pointing to a possible link between Davis Strait in Canada and Aman Fretum (present-day Bering Strait). The Spanish possessions in the Caribbean, Central America and South America are prominently displayed. A variety of scenes taken from Theodore de Bry's Grand Voyages beautify the map. Kayaks, Indian canoes, galleons, sea monsters, and what almost looks like a Chinese junk fill the seas. Quite famous is the vignette that covers the bottom left of the map showing Brazilian Indians making beer with the two birds perched on the surround of the vignette. 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 the atlas of 1630. This map last appeared in a French edition of the Mercator-Hondius atlas of 1633. On the verso, this map has a signature of "Mmmmmmmm" and page "380". (vd Krogt, p. 715). References: Van der Krogt, Peter. Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, vol. 1. 't Goy-Houten: HES Publishers,1997. Burden, Map # 150. Fine Condition, with one
minute, non-distracting stitch-hole on centerfold. Strong
map impression in attractive color. This will make a
nice addition to any map collection. |
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