Henricus Hondius
Henricus Hondius II , also Hendrik Hondius the Younger , (* 1597 in Amsterdam ; † August 16, 1651 there ) was a Dutch engraver , cartographer and publisher .
Life
Hondius was the son of the famous cartographer Jodocus Hondius , who founded a cartographic company in Amsterdam. After Hendrik initially worked in his parents' business, he founded his own publishing house in his hometown in 1621. In 1641 he published a new edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas with modified Hondius maps.
Works
- Gerhard Mercator : From the Zürichgow . Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam 1633. ( digitized version )
literature
- Joseph Eduard Wessely : Hondius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 69 f.
- Nadine Orenstein, Hendrick Hondius and the Business of Prints in Seventeenth-Century Holland , Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996, ISBN 9075607040
Web links
Commons : Hendrik Hondius - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Atlas Sive Cosmographicae; Editio Quinta 1623 (Biblioteca de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
- Atlas ou Representation du Monde Universel I 1633 (Biblioteca Nacional de España)
- Atlas ou Representations du Monde Universel II 1633 (Biblioteca Nacional de España)
Individual evidence
- ^ Venezuela with the Southern Part of New Andalusia . 1612-1699. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
- ↑ Maps of world: Henrucus Hondius ( Memento from April 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
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SURNAME | Hondius, Henricus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hondt, Hendrik de; Hondius, Hendrik the Younger |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch cartographer and publisher |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1597 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1651 |
Place of death | Amsterdam |