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Title: Comitatus Hollandiæ novissima descriptio
- Author: Henricus Hondius
- Date: 1629
- Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving
- Condition: Very Good - light age toning, wear along issued center fold
- Inches: 20.5 x 16 [Image]
- Centimeters: 52.07 x 40.6 [Image]
- Product ID: 233040
Comitatus Hollandiæ novissima descriptio Designatore Balthazaro Florentio a Berckenrode. Anno Domini 1629.
Cum privilegio Illustrium Ordinum Generalium unitarum Belgii Provinciarum in sexennium.
Amstelodami, Sumptibus Henrici Hondii habitantis in Damo ad intersigne Atlantis.
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"Newest description of Holland Designed by Balthazaro Florentio from Berckenrode. In the year of 1629
With the privilege of the lllustrious States General of the United Provinces of Belgium for six years.
Amsterdam: Cost of Henricus Hondius living in Damo at the sign of Atlantis."
Map of Holland beautifully embellished with title, scale, and dedication cartouches. Includes images of numerous types of sailing craft, as well as a compass rose and the Royal Arms. The inset map in the upper right shows the West Frisian Islands of Texel, Vlieland and Terschelling. Engraved by Solomon Rogers and published in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius, a member of the great map-making firm Jodocus Hondius & Sons, which helped establish Amsterdam as the center of seventeenth-century European cartography.
Henricus Hondius (1597-1651) was a Dutch cartographer, engraver, and publisher who is considered one of the most important mapmakers of the 17th century. He was born in Amsterdam, the son of the cartographer Jodocus Hondius, and he learned the art of mapmaking from his father. In 1606, he published his first map, a world map based on the work of Gerardus Mercator. This map was a great success, and it helped to establish Hondius's reputation as a leading cartographer.
Over the next few decades, Hondius produced a wide variety of maps, including maps of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. He also published a number of atlases, including the Mercator-Hondius Atlas, which was one of the most popular atlases of the 17th century. Hondius's maps were known for their accuracy and detail, and they were used by explorers, merchants, and scholars all over Europe.
Hondius died in Amsterdam in 1651. He was a highly accomplished cartographer and publisher, and his work had a significant impact on the development of cartography in the 17th century.