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MapVera totius expeditionis nauticæ : descriptio D. Franc. Draci... Shows routes around the world of Sir Francis Drake between 1577 and 1580 and Thomas Cavendish between 1586 and 1588. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift of the estate of Robert H. Power. Includes text, 2 ancillary maps showing landing at California and Java, 2 ancillary views showing Drake's welcome at Moluccas and Drake's ship cast...- Contributor: Power, Robert H. - Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1595-01-01
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Map[Terrestrial globe gores]. Relief shown pictorially. Title supplied by cataloger. Reissued by Giuseppe di Rossi in 1615. Dedication in upper hemisphere: Illmo. viro optimaraq. artium amatori et Fautori D. Paulo Mellino Romano ... In lower hemisphere: I. Hondius Lectori S. In locorum longitudine ... Longitudines incepimus non ab Insulis Fortunatis ut Ptolome[us], sed ab iis quae acores vocantur quod acus nautica ibi recta in septentrionem vergat Vale....- Contributor: Rossi, Giuseppe DI - Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1615-01-01
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MapTypvs orbis terrarvm Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 18-85- Contributor: Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1589-01-01
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MapAbyssinia, or the Empire of Prester John.
Abissinorum sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperiu Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612) was a Flemish cartographer and publisher of maps and a central figure in the golden age of Dutch cartography. He was responsible for publishing the maps of Gerhard Mercator (1512-94), the single most important cartographer of the age of discovery, after he bought the plates to Mercator's atlas from his grandsons. Hondius then worked with his brother-in-law, the engraver Pieter van...- Contributor: Mercator, Gerhard - Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1619-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapAmerica noviter delineata Relief shown pictorially. Includes insets of north and south polar regions, and ill. of native figures and town views in margin. Prime meridian: Ferro. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 39-84- Contributor: Todeschi, Pietro - Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1670-01-01
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MapNova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula
Briefve declaration de la division, forme & singularitez du monde Includes two ancillary celestial hemispheres, notes, and illustrations. LC copy has text in French on three sheets framing the map on right, left, and lower margins. This text was published by Jean le Clerc, and does not seem to be directly related to the map. The entire composite sheet is mounted on cloth. Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 341 Map in Latin. Text...- Contributor: Le Roy, Henri - Lochom, Michel Van - Le Clerc, Jean - Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1636-01-01
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MapNova totivs terrarvm orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabvla
Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula | Beschrijvinghe des geheelen aerdtrycx Relief shown pictorially. Date from dedication. Assembled from two sheets. Appears in Jansson's Nieuwen atlas, volume 1, 1657. Includes notes. Illustrations include images of the four elements and portraits of Julius Caeser, Ptolemy, Mercator and Hondius. Latin. Text on verso in Dutch. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Jansson, Jan - Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1641-01-01
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MapOrbis terrae novissima descriptio Includes two wind charts, compass rose, lunar chart, climatic zones, armillary sphere, notes and illustrations In upper right corner: I. LC copy mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Leclerc, Jean - Mercator, Gerhard - Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1602-01-01
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MapArabia. This map of 1616, with Latin place names, is a reprint of a work by Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612), a Flemish cartographer and engraver who settled in Amsterdam in about 1593 and established a business that produced globes and the first large maps of the world. The place names on the map are unclear. "Coromanis" is shown on many older maps as located in present-day...- Contributor: Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1616-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapMap of the Turkish Empire.
Turcici Imperii Imago This map shows the Ottoman Empire as it appeared in the early 17th century. It details Ottoman territories in Asia, Africa, and Europe, and includes Persia, Transcaucasia, Ethiopia, and other surrounding lands. Topographic features, place-names, and populations are definitively marked, although the nomenclature of the time differs markedly from that used today. The Red Sea is termed the Sea of Mecca, for example, and...- Contributor: Mercator, Gerhard - Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1600-01-01
- Resource: - 2 pages
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MapFez and the Kingdom of Morocco.
Fessæ et Marocchi regna In 1604, a decade after the death of Gerhard Mercator (1512-94), one of the great cartographers of all time, the globe maker, engraver, and publisher Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612) bought the plates to Mercator's atlas from his grandsons. Hondius then worked with his brother-in-law, the engraver Pieter van der Keere, to add about 40 new maps to Mercator's atlas to create what became known as...- Contributor: Mercator, Gerhard - Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1606-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapAmerica noviter delineata Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes insets of north and south polar regions. Acquisitions control no. 3-85- Contributor: Boisseau, Jean - Picart, H. (Hugues) - Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1640-01-01
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MapAfricae nova tabula Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes watermark. Acquisitions control no. 6-85- Contributor: Boisseau, Jean - Picart, H. (Hugues) - Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1640-01-01
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MapA Modern Map of Spain.
Nova Hispaniae Descriptio Nova Hispaniae Descriptio (A modern map of Spain) is the first map bordered by cartouches, one of the most attractive developments of 17th century Dutch cartography. Cartouches were used to supplement the geographical information provided by a map as well as to add aesthetic appeal. In this map, which is based on a plate made by Gerard Mercator (1512--94), the cartographic image is surrounded...- Contributor: Mercator, Gerhard - Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1610-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapAmerica, noviter delineata Relief shown pictorially. Includes insets of Greenland and Antarctica and ill. of native figures and town views in margins. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 45-83 Vault- Contributor: Jansson, Jan - Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1622-01-01
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MapThe Situation of the Promised Land Accurately Reveals a Knowl...
Situs Terrae Promissionis S.S. Bibliorum intelligentiam exacte aperiens This copperplate engraving of the Holy Land is the first in a series of reprints of a map by Christiaan van Adrichem (1533-85) by Dutch publishers in the 17th century. Adrichem was a Roman Catholic priest and biblical scholar, and the map depicts the Holy Land as Adrichem conceived it, based on his study of the scriptures. The map was printed in Amsterdam in...- Contributor: Hondius, Hendrik - Rogiers, Salomon - Adrichem, Christiaan Van - Hamersvelt, Evert Symonsz Van - Hondius, Jodocus - Mercator, Gerhard
- Date: 1633-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapArabia. This 1616 map is a reprint of a map originally published in 1598 by Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612), a Flemish cartographer and engraver who settled in Amsterdam in about 1593 and established a business that produced globes and the first large maps of the world. The map covers the territory from west of the Gulf of Suez to the eastern side of the Arabian Peninsula,...- Contributor: Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1598-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapLeo Belgicus. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Map railroad exhibit, March 22 to April 15, 1965. Vault- Contributor: Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1611-01-01
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MapKingdom of Galicia.
Gallæcia Regnum The first printed map of Galicia with dedicated cartographic plotting was the "Descripción del Reyno de Galizia" (Description of the Kingdom of Galicia) by Hernando Ojea (circa 1560-1615). That map appeared in the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theater of the world) of Abraham Ortelius (1527-98), in the edition by Antwerp publisher Jan Baptista Vrients of 1603. The map, despite its many errors, was not soon...- Contributor: Mercator, Gerhard - Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1619-01-01
- Resource: - 2 pages
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MapExquisita & magno aliquot mensium periculo lustrata et iam re... Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. From Gerardus Mercator's Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mvndi et fabricati figvra. 1611. Oriented with north to the bottom. Includes panoramic view and col. ill. Text on verso. LC copy annotated in pencil in lower right margin: Gravure de 1570 par Ortelius. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift;...- Contributor: Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1611-01-01
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MapNova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula Relief shown pictorially. Includes text, 2 ancillary celestial hemispheres, and ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 2001-24- Contributor: Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1655-01-01