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C1638
India quae Orientalis dicitur, et Insulae Adiacentes.
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Important c.17th map of the East Indies published by Hendricus Hondius and dedicated to D.Christophorus Thisius. An early Latin text edition from Hondius’s, Atlas Novi. Hondius based this map on Blaeu’s 1635 map which had in turn been based on … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
India quae Orientalis dicitur, et Insulae Adiacentes.
Date:
C1638
Mapmaker:
Condition:
One small rust mark on left margin, small water stain lower sheet edge, small tear at lower centre fold otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
485mm
x 390mm
Paper Size:
585mm
x 465mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1638
Description:
Important c.17th map of the East Indies published by Hendricus Hondius and dedicated to D.Christophorus Thisius. An early Latin text edition from Hondius’s, Atlas Novi.
Hondius based this map on Blaeu’s 1635 map which had in turn been based on a chart produced between 1628 and 1632 by Hessel Gerritsz, the then official cartographer of the VOC. Blaeu had obtained the copper plate to Gerritsz’s map with the help of his friend Laurens Reael, and added the map to his two-volume Atlas Novus in 1634. Hondius has removed a number of Blaeu’s decorative elements and replaced them with his own more restrained designs: including the title cartouche which has had the two figures removed, the dedication panel has been simplified and the scale of miles is now devoid of cherubs. This is only the second printed map to record the Dutch discoveries made by Dirk Hartog of western Australia in October 1616, Jan Carstensz on the western side of Cape York Peninsula in January 1623 and de Wit’s on the northwest coast of Australia in 1628. De Wit’s discoveries had first been shown on Gerritsz’s map of 1628 under the name ‘G.F. de Wits Landt’. Also noted are the Trial Islands near present-day Dampier, named after the ship the Trial, which had sailed for Java using the new sea route to the Indies pioneered by Brouwer in 1611 (see below).
TRIAL ISLANDS HISTORY / present Barrow Island, north west Western Australia.
On many early Dutch charts the Trial Islands are clearly marked, as their supposed discovery by Captain Brookes in 1622, placed them, directly in the path of VOC ships sailing to Batavia.
Their position caused great concern to Hessel Gerritsz who had been appointed the firs cartographer of the VOC in 1617 and quickly added the islands on Dutch charts. The island was named after Brookes ship the Trial, which had sailed for Java using the new sea route to the Indies pioneered by Brouwer in 1611. The Trial had struck unknown rocks on the night of 25th May 1622, and wrecked with only forty-six survivors including Captain Brookes. In his subsequent report to the VOC authorities in Batavia, Brookes stated that the rocks were well west of their true position in an attempt to avoid blame for his error. Soon after a Dutch ship, the Wapen van Hoorn, ran aground in a storm at the land of d’Eendracht but managed to sail after the storm abated. Concerned for the viability of their trade route, the VOC prioritised the accuracy of their charting of the region, with captains and pilots being required to record all shallows and reefs in the area. Due to their incorrect placement on the Gerritsz chart, the Trial Rocks remained a mystery for a further two hundred years until Phillip Parker King, sailing in the Mermaid, investigated their position in 1820 and finally confirmed that ‘there remains no doubt in my mind but that Barrow Island … are the same Tryal Rocks’.
From Atlas Novi.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2567890
State Library NSW: MMS ID 991013568469702626 (1641? French edition)
References:
Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici. Amsterdam 1967. Volumes I-V :: p.144, Me 51A or 51B.
Parry, D. The Cartography of the East Indian Islands Insulae Indiae Orientalis. London 2005 :: pp.105-109, ill.pl.4.21.
Perry, T. The Discovery of Australia. Sydney 1982 :: p.29, ill.pl.11.
Quirino, C. Philippine Cartography (1320-1899) Amsterdam 2010 Manila :: p.105.
Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of Australia. London 1979 :: 722, p.196.
Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici. Amsterdam 1967. Volumes I-V :: p.144, Me 51A or 51B.
Parry, D. The Cartography of the East Indian Islands Insulae Indiae Orientalis. London 2005 :: pp.105-109, ill.pl.4.21.
Perry, T. The Discovery of Australia. Sydney 1982 :: p.29, ill.pl.11.
Quirino, C. Philippine Cartography (1320-1899) Amsterdam 2010 Manila :: p.105.
Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of Australia. London 1979 :: 722, p.196.
Jodocus Hondius I (1563 - 1612)
Hondius senior was born in Wakken and grew up in Ghent. He was an engraver, instrument maker and globe maker. In 1584 he moved to London to escape the religious persecution in Flanders. In 1593 he moved to Amsterdam and the publisher Cornelis Claesz. in 1604 he purchased the engraving plates for the Mercator's Atlas. Hondius republished Mercator's work with 36 additional maps, including several which he himself had produced. Despite the addition of his own contributions, Hondius gave Mercator full credit as the author of the work, listing himself as the publisher. Hondius' new edition of Mercator's work was a great success. From 1605 and 1610 he engraved the maps for John Speed's, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine. After his death, the business was continued by his widow, two sons, Jodocus II and Henricus, and son-in-law Johannes Janssonius, whose name appears on the Atlas after 1633.
