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Jodocus Hondius the Elder (1563-1612), or Joost de Hondt, was one of the most prominent geographers and engravers of his time. His work did much to establish Amsterdam as the center of cartographic publishing in the seventeenth century. Born in Wakken but raised in Ghent, the young Jodocus worked as an engraver, instrument maker, and globe maker.

Hondius moved to London in 1584, fleeing religious persecution in Flanders. There, he worked for Richard Hakluyt and Edward Wright, among others. Hondius also engraved the globe gores for Emery Molyneux’s pair of globes in 1592; Wright plotted the coastlines. His engraving and nautical painting skills introduced him to an elite group of geographic knowledge seekers and producers, including the navigators Drake, Thomas Cavendish, and Walter Raleigh, as well as engravers like Theodor De Bry and Augustine Ryther. This network gave Hondius access to manuscript charts and descriptions which he then translated into engraved maps.

In 1593 Hondius returned to Amsterdam, where he lived for the rest of his life. Hondius worked in partnership with Cornelis Claesz, a publisher, and maintained his ties to contacts in Europe and England. For example, from 1605 to 1610, Hondius engraved the plates for John Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine.

One of Hondius’ most successful commercial ventures was the reprinting of Mercator’s atlas. When he acquired the Mercator plates, he added 36 maps, many engraved by him, and released the atlas under Mercator’s name, helping to solidify Mercator’s reputation posthumously. Hondius died in 1612, at only 48 years of age, after which time his son of the same name and another son, Henricus, took over the business, including the reissuing of the Mercator atlas. After 1633, Hondius the Elder’s son-in-law, Johannes Janssonius, was also listed as a co-publisher for the atlas.

Place/Date:
Rome / 1615
Size:
18.5 x 13.5 inches (each sheet)
Condition:
VG
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89195
Place/Date:
London / 1583 (17?? ca)
Size:
12 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
55344
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Amsterdam / 1606 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
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95997
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1630 circa
Size:
22 x 16.25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
99426
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1610 circa
Size:
22 x 18 inches
Condition:
Good
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99387
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1613 circa
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
102929
Place/Date:
Amserdam / 1654 circa
Size:
21 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
80435
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1652 circa
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
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71040
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1610 circa
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
Stock#:
74666
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1606 circa
Size:
18 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
74615
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1617 circa
Size:
21 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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46611
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Amsterdam / 1617 circa
Size:
21 x 16 inches
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VG+
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89600
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619 circa
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17.5 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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86120
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1630 circa
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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68507
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1610 circa
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19.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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95566
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1610 circa
Size:
19 x 14.25 inches
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VG
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85523
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619
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19.5 x 15 inches
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VG
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89597
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1636
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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91305
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1636 circa
Size:
17.9 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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69426
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1638
Size:
19.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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102925
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1606 circa
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
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40720
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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42928
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1610 circa
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
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88648
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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94135
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
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99775
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619
Size:
19.5 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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51583
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19.5 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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52594
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1620
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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73837
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634 circa
Size:
5.5 x 8.25 inches Including Text
Condition:
VG+
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79247
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619
Size:
18 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
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47192
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1620 circa
Size:
19 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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86879
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635
Size:
9 x 5.5 inches Including Text
Condition:
VG
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79248
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Amsterdam / 1616 circa
Size:
5.5 x 4 inches
Condition:
VG+
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81480
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Amsterdam / 1620 circa
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
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90803
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Amsterdam / 1620 circa
Size:
19.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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48201
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1630 circa
Size:
10 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
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98422
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Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
18 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
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49005

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Amsterdam / 1630
Size:
15.5 x 22 inches
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VG
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38332
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London / 1587
Size:
21.5 inch diameter
Condition:
VG
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19055
Place/Date:
London / 1587
Size:
21.5 inch diameter
Condition:
VG
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London? (Paris) / 1589 (1602)
Size:
18.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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10582
Place/Date:
London? (Paris) / 1589 (1602)
Size:
18.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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13757
Place/Date:
London? (Paris) / 1589 (1602)
Size:
18.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
Good
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86199
Place/Date:
Amsterdam & Frankfurt / 1605
Size:
10.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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90943
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1641
Size:
22 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
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0302
Place/Date:
Paris / 1659
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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3535
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1618
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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54690
Place/Date:
Paris / 1636
Size:
23 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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16536
Place/Date:
Paris / 1659
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22 x 16.5 inches
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VG
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0026
Place/Date:
Paris / 1659
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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23514
Place/Date:
London / 1637
Size:
7.5 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG
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55276
Place/Date:
London / 1583 circa (17?? ca)
Size:
15.75 x 12.25 inches
Condition:
VG
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30518
Place/Date:
Paris / 1602
Size:
20 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
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84314
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1628
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
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VG
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23756
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1606 (1623)
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19.5 x 15 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1606 (1628)
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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16045
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1623
Size:
22 x 18 inches
Condition:
Good
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80431
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1606 (1623)
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
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3530
Place/Date:
Paris / 1669 circa
Size:
22 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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0163
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1630
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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1881
Place/Date:
Paris / 1636
Size:
23 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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31202
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1623 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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32772bp
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1619 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
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36643
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1628
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
37078
Place/Date:
Paris / 1669 circa
Size:
22 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
12128
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1606
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
24457
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1606 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
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61151
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1606 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
68402
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1606
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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69109
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1606 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
78844
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1606 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
73728
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1606
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
60371
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1606
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
64111
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1606
Size:
19.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
80440
Place/Date:
Paris / 1659
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
3876
Place/Date:
Paris / 1659
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
37082
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1613 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
47144
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1628 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
30163
Place/Date:
Paris / 1644
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
18014EG
Place/Date:
Paris / 1618 (1659)
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
3538