Jodocus Hondius
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Jodocus Hondius was a prominent Flemish-Dutch cartographer and engraver of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, renowned for his influential maps and for helping to popularize the Mercator projection.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jodocus Hondius canonical | 8 |
| Henricus Hondius | 2 |
| Jodocus Hondius the Elder | 2 |
| Henricus Hondius II | 1 |
| Hondius map publishing firm in Amsterdam | 1 |
| Jodocus Hondius II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T668990 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Jodocus Hondius Context triple: [Dutch Golden Age cartography, hasNotableFigure, Jodocus Hondius]
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A.
Willem Blaeu
Willem Blaeu was a prominent Dutch cartographer, atlas maker, and publisher whose detailed maps and globes became iconic works of the Dutch Golden Age.
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B.
Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortelius was a 16th-century Flemish cartographer best known for creating the first modern atlas, the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum."
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C.
Gerardus Mercator
Gerardus Mercator was a 16th-century Flemish cartographer best known for creating the Mercator projection, a revolutionary world map that became a standard for nautical navigation.
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D.
Balthasar van der Ast
Balthasar van der Ast was a Dutch Golden Age painter renowned for his detailed still lifes featuring flowers, shells, and insects.
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E.
Hendrick van der Burch
Hendrick van der Burch was a 17th-century Dutch painter associated with the artistic community in Delft.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Jodocus Hondius Target entity description: Jodocus Hondius was a prominent Flemish-Dutch cartographer and engraver of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, renowned for his influential maps and for helping to popularize the Mercator projection.
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A.
Willem Blaeu
Willem Blaeu was a prominent Dutch cartographer, atlas maker, and publisher whose detailed maps and globes became iconic works of the Dutch Golden Age.
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B.
Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortelius was a 16th-century Flemish cartographer best known for creating the first modern atlas, the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum."
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C.
Gerardus Mercator
Gerardus Mercator was a 16th-century Flemish cartographer best known for creating the Mercator projection, a revolutionary world map that became a standard for nautical navigation.
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D.
Balthasar van der Ast
Balthasar van der Ast was a Dutch Golden Age painter renowned for his detailed still lifes featuring flowers, shells, and insects.
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E.
Hendrick van der Burch
Hendrick van der Burch was a 17th-century Dutch painter associated with the artistic community in Delft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cartographer
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engraver ⓘ human ⓘ publisher ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Jodocus Hondius
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surface form:
Jodocus Hondius the Elder
Joost de Hondt ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1563-10-14 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
County of Flanders
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Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ Wakken ⓘ |
| child |
Jodocus Hondius
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Henricus Hondius II
Jodocus Hondius self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Jodocus Hondius II
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| citizenship |
County of Flanders
ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Gerardus Mercator
ⓘ
Pieter van den Keere ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
Dutch Republic
ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1612-02-12 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Amsterdam
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Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| employedBy |
Jodocus Hondius
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Hondius map publishing firm in Amsterdam
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| era |
early 17th century
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late 16th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Flemish ⓘ |
| familyName | Hondius ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cartography
ⓘ
engraving ⓘ map publishing ⓘ |
| givenName | Jodocus ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| movement | Dutch Golden Age ⓘ |
| name | Jodocus Hondius self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
engraving maps and globes
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maps of the New World ⓘ popularizing the Mercator projection ⓘ publishing atlases based on Gerardus Mercator’s work ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mercator–Hondius atlas
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surface form:
Hondius edition of Mercator’s Atlas
maps of Europe and the Americas ⓘ world maps using the Mercator projection ⓘ |
| occupation |
cartographer
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engraver ⓘ publisher ⓘ |
| publisherOf | revised editions of Mercator’s Atlas ⓘ |
| relative | Pieter van den Keere ⓘ |
| residence |
Amsterdam
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| spouse | Coletta van den Keere ⓘ |
| workedIn |
Amsterdam
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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Referenced by (15)
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