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Item #41882 America noviter delineata. Henricus HONDIUS, Jan JANSSON.
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America noviter delineata

Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, [1649]. Copper-engraved map, from the "Novus Atlas," German text edition.

A beautiful and detailed map of North and South America, by Hondius and Jansson, two of the Netherlands' greatest cartographers.

This beautiful map comes from the 1649 German edition of Jan Jansson and Henricus Hondius' Novus Atlas, Das Ist: Welt-Beschreibung mit allerhand schönen newen auszführ lichen Taffeln Inhaltende Die Königreiche und Länder des gantzen Erdtreichs. This monumental work was the inheritor of the legacy of the great atlas first published in 1595 by Rumold Mercator, and later re-issued and revised by Jodocus Hondius and family. In 1630, Willem Blaeu dramatically entered the land atlas market, compelling Jansson and Hondius to mount this powerful reprise. America noviter delineata was first issued by Jodocus Hondius Jr. in 1618, and is present here in the fourth state. Geographically, the map predates the 'California as an Island' phenomenon, and does not include LeMaire's discovery of Cape Horn. The northwest coast of America features over 30 place names. Absent are the Great Lakes and Long Island, while South America appears oversized with illustrations of native peoples and wildlife in its interior.The map is elegantly embellished with merchant ships and sea monsters. Hondius and Jan Jansson were prominent Dutch cartographers and publishers during the Golden Age of Dutch cartography. Henricus was the son of the renowned Jodocus Hondius, who had acquired the plates of Gerard Mercator and expanded the family's cartographic business. Henricus, in partnership with his brother-in-law Jan Jansson, continued the family's publishing legacy, producing influential maps and atlases. Jansson played a key role in expanding the Atlas Mercator-Hondius, which became one of the most important map collections of the 17th century. Their collaborative efforts significantly shaped the competitive landscape of Dutch cartography, and their works remained influential for generations.

Burden, The Mapping of North America I, 192.

Item #41882

Price: $3,750.00

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