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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cartographer
engraver
human
publisher
alternativeName Jodocus Hondius
surface form: Jodocus Hondius the Elder

Joost de Hondt
birthDate 1563-10-14
birthPlace County of Flanders
Habsburg Netherlands
Wakken
child Jodocus Hondius self-linksurface differs
surface form: Henricus Hondius II

Jodocus Hondius self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jodocus Hondius II
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
Dutch Republic
employedBy Jodocus Hondius self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hondius map publishing firm in Amsterdam
era early 17th century
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
maps of the New World
popularizing the Mercator projection
publishing atlases based on Gerardus Mercator’s work
notableWork Mercator–Hondius atlas
surface form: Hondius edition of Mercator’s Atlas

maps of Europe and the Americas
world maps using the Mercator projection
occupation cartographer
engraver
publisher
publisherOf revised editions of Mercator’s Atlas
relative Pieter van den Keere
residence Amsterdam
London, England
surface form: London
spouse Coletta van den Keere
workedIn Amsterdam
London, England
surface form: London

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Dutch Golden Age cartography hasNotableFigure Jodocus Hondius
this entity surface form: Henricus Hondius
Mercator–Hondius atlas publisher Jodocus Hondius
Mercator–Hondius atlas compiler Jodocus Hondius
Mercator–Hondius atlas containsWorkBy Jodocus Hondius
Mercator–Hondius atlas associatedPerson Jodocus Hondius
this entity surface form: Jodocus Hondius the Elder
Jodocus Hondius name Jodocus Hondius self-link
Jodocus Hondius alternativeName Jodocus Hondius
this entity surface form: Jodocus Hondius the Elder
Jodocus Hondius child Jodocus Hondius self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jodocus Hondius II
Jodocus Hondius child Jodocus Hondius self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Henricus Hondius II
Jodocus Hondius employedBy Jodocus Hondius self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hondius map publishing firm in Amsterdam
Johannes Janssonius fatherInLaw Jodocus Hondius
Johannes Janssonius businessPartner Jodocus Hondius
Johannes Janssonius businessPartner Jodocus Hondius
this entity surface form: Henricus Hondius
Johannes Janssonius successorOf Jodocus Hondius