Jodocus Hondius I
Also recorded as Jodocus Hondius the Elder · Joos Hondius · Judocus Hondius · Joos, I Hondius
Jodocus Hondius I
Colette Hondius-v d Keere · Swaen.com · Public domain
- Born
- 1563.
- Died
- 1612.
- Nationality
- County of Flanders and Dutch Republic.
- Occupation
- cartographer, printmaker, publisher, instrument maker, astronomer and printer.
- Known for
- Petworth globe.
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Identity and origins
Identity and origins
His recorded languages were Dutch and Latin. He married Colette van den Keere. 2 children are recorded: Jodocus Hondius II and Henricus Hondius II. Other recorded relations include Jan Janssonius.
Identity
Identity
Jodocus Hondius I is recorded as cartographer, printmaker, publisher and instrument maker.
Map of Lithuania by Jodocus Hondius and Gerard Mercator (sixth edition in the French language), published in Amsterdam in 1609.
Jodocus Hondius (1563–1612), Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594) · Lpmaps.lt
Life and career
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Life and career
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1563
Jodocus Hondius I was born in 1563.
1612
Jodocus Hondius I died at Amsterdam.
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scholarly publication
- Hondius, Jodocus [Joos or Josse de Hondt] (1563–1611), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2017
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q454603: Jodocus Hondius I
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Brown, Kevin J. Maps Through the Ages. White Star Publishers. 44.
- 2.Jodocus Hondius. RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History.
- 3.Jodocus Hondius. British Museum.
- 4.RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History. Jodocus Hondius. rkd.nl.
- 5.Old World Auctions - The Mapmakers Who Made the 17th Century. www.oldworldauctions.com.
- 6.Sutton, Elizabeth. Early Modern Dutch Prints of Africa. 29–30. 2012. 9781409439707.
- 7.Hind, Arthur. Engraving in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Part I. Cambridge University Press. 203–4. 1952.
- 8.State of California. 2020 Actions Taken. 2020.
- 9.Helen M. Wallis. The first English globe: A recent discovery. The Geographical Journal. 117. 3. 275–290. 1951. 10.2307/1791852.
- 10.Special Collections, Utrecht University Library. The Atlas by Mercator and Hondius. Utrecht University.
- 11.Map Maker Biography: Jodocus Hondius the Elder (1563–1612). NW Cartographic.
- 12.Skelton. Decorative Printed Maps of the 15th to 18th Centuries. Spring Books. 1965.
- 13.Van der Dussen, Jan and Kevin Wilson. The History of the Idea of Europe. Routledge. 28. 1995.
- 14.Maps : The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine: presenting an exact geography of the kingdomes of England, Scotland, Ireland,. Cambridge Digital Library.
- 15.Venezuela with the Southern Part of New Andalusia. World Digital Library. 1612–1699.
- 16.Welu, James. Vermeer and Cartography. Boston University. 1977.
- 17.Stevenson, E.L. Terrrestrial and Celestial Globes. Their history and construction including a consideration of their value as aids in the study of geography and astronomy. Yale U.P. for the Hispanic Socitey of America. 2. 14. 1921.
- 18.Gazetteer - AADC. data.aad.gov.au.
- 19.Small-Body Database Lookup. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov.
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scholarly publication
Hondius, Jodocus [Joos or Josse de Hondt] (1563–1611), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q454603: Jodocus Hondius IWikimedia Foundation
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Formation and teaching. His recorded influences include Gerardus Mercator. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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J. Paul Getty Museum, Biblioteca città di Arezzo, Maritime Museum Rotterdam and Crocker Art Museum
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