Jodocus Hondius I
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Jodocus Hondius was a Flemish engraver and cartographer. He is sometimes called Jodocus Hondius the Elder to distinguish him from his son Jodocus Hondius II.
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Hondius map of the bay of New Albion on the Pacific coast of North America
Hondius's (or his predecessors') use of multiple sources can be illustrated by this map of Asia, which shows Beijing three times: twice as "Khanbaliq" (Combalich in the land of 'Kitaisk' on the Ob River, and Cambalu, in 'Cataia'), and once as "Paquin", in the prefecture of Xuntien
Leo Belgicus (1611).
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Scientists born in the 1560s 6
About this person
Jodocus Hondius was a Flemish engraver and cartographer. He is sometimes called Jodocus Hondius the Elder to distinguish him from his son Jodocus Hondius II. Hondius is best known for his early maps of the New World and Europe, for re-establishing the reputation of the work of Gerardus Mercator, and for his portraits of Francis Drake. He inherited and republished the plates of Mercator, thus reviving his legacy, also making sure to include independent revisions to his work. One of the notable figures in the Golden Age of Dutch cartography, he helped establish Amsterdam as the centre of cartography in Europe in the 17th century.
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