Hondius-Janssonius publishing house

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The Hondius-Janssonius publishing house was a prominent 17th-century Dutch cartographic and publishing firm in Amsterdam, renowned for its richly detailed atlases and maps that rivaled those of the Blaeu family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch publishing company
cartographic publishing house
map publisher
activeInCentury 17th century
basedInCity Amsterdam NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith Jodocus Hondius family NERFINISHED
Johannes Janssonius family NERFINISHED
competedWith Blaeu family NERFINISHED
Blaeu publishing house NERFINISHED
country Dutch Republic
era Dutch Golden Age NERFINISHED
field atlas publishing
cartography
map publishing
hasFounder Jodocus Hondius NERFINISHED
hasKeyFigure Henricus Hondius NERFINISHED
Jodocus Hondius the Elder NERFINISHED
Jodocus Hondius the Younger NERFINISHED
Johannes Janssonius NERFINISHED
industry map trade
printing
publishing
influenced Dutch commercial cartography
European atlas production
languageOfPublication Dutch
French
Latin
locatedIn Amsterdam
market European book trade
international map collectors
notableFor decorative maps
richly detailed atlases
rivalry with Blaeu family atlases
operatedFrom early 17th century
operatedUntil mid 17th century
partOf Dutch Golden Age cartography NERFINISHED
product city plans
globes
regional atlases
sea charts
wall maps
world atlases
specialization decorative cartouches and illustrations
revised editions of earlier atlases
style highly detailed geographic content
ornate baroque cartography
usedTechnique copperplate engraving
hand coloring of maps

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Johannes Janssonius employer Hondius-Janssonius publishing house
Blaeu family cartographic enterprise competitiveWith Hondius-Janssonius publishing house
this entity surface form: Hondius-Janssonius cartographic firm