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C1630
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrogra…
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The rare first state of the earliest map published in an atlas with a date imprint (1630) that shows the Dutch discoveries of Carstensz on the eastern side of Cape York Peninsula in 1623. Superb c.17th double-hemisphere world map by … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula. Auct. Henr: Hondio
Date:
C1630
Mapmaker:
Condition:
Centre fold reinforced, minor wear within the lower text panel, small light stain to the east of Africa, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
543mm
x 380mm
Paper Size:
555mm
x 455mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1630
Description:
The rare first state of the earliest map published in an atlas with a date imprint (1630) that shows the Dutch discoveries of Carstensz on the eastern side of Cape York Peninsula in 1623.
Superb c.17th double-hemisphere world map by one of the most famous of mapmakers and an icon of the Golden Age of Dutch mapmaking.
Although the discoveries made by Jansz in the Duyfken had been made in 1606, only those of New Guinea were recorded on Jansson’s map Indiae Orientalis Nova Descriptio of the same year. The superbly embellished world map is decorated in each corner with portraits of Ptolemy, Hondius, Mercator and Caesar. At top is a highly embellished celestial globe with festoon at top and below is a seated figure of Europa receiving gifts from Africa, Asia and America, reflecting the dominance of the European maritime powers. On either side are depicted the four elements, Fire, Air, Earth and Water. There are three further decorative panels within the hemispheres one titled America which describes the discovery of the continent by Christopher Columbus in 1499.
For the first time, an eager public were presented with the discoveries of the South Land that had been made by the V.O.C. (Dutch East India Company) up to 1630. Although Hondius had published an earlier separately-issued world map between 1622-29, which showed the Dutch discoveries on the west Australian coast and surprisingly removed Terra Australis Incognita, making that extremely rare map one of the first to remove the mythical land from a world map. Although those changes were not included in this world map, Hondius renders Terra Australis Icognita with faintly engraved lines.
California is erroneously shown as an island, a myth created from Father Antonio de la Ascension’s account of Sebastian Vizcaino’s 1602 expedition to explore the Californian coast. It wasn’t until 1701 that mapmakers began to show California as a peninsula. North-east Canada is updated with ‘Queen Anne’s forland’ (Baffin Island) shown completely circled by open water.
From; Mercator – Hondius’s Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Mediationes
This map is known to come in four distinct states, distinguished by the dates on the map:
State 1: 1630 as offered
State 2: 1641 (with Amstelodami Excudit Ioannes Ianssonius added at the bottom)
State 3: 1663 (in Atlas Contractus of Jan Jansson and in sea atlases of Van Loon)
State 4: 1666 (in Atlas Major of Jan Jansson)
References:
Shirley, R. The Mapping of the World Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700. London 1987 :: : 336, ill.pl.256 p.360.
Allen, P. The Atlas of Atlases. London 1992: : p.71, ill. p.70-71.
Clancy, R. The Mapping of Terra Australia. Sydney 1995 :: : p.74, ill.map 6.2,.
Schilder, G. Australia Unveiled, The share of the Dutch navigators in the discovery of Australia. Amsterdam 1976 :: : 39,ill, 321.
Whitfield, P. London: A Life in Maps. London 2006 :: : ill.p.75..
Kroght, P. Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici. Amsterdam 1997. Nine volumes :: : [0001:C.1], ill. p.565.
Shirley, R. The Mapping of the World Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700. London 1987 :: : 336, ill.pl.256 p.360.
Allen, P. The Atlas of Atlases. London 1992: : p.71, ill. p.70-71.
Clancy, R. The Mapping of Terra Australia. Sydney 1995 :: : p.74, ill.map 6.2,.
Schilder, G. Australia Unveiled, The share of the Dutch navigators in the discovery of Australia. Amsterdam 1976 :: : 39,ill, 321.
Whitfield, P. London: A Life in Maps. London 2006 :: : ill.p.75..
Kroght, P. Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici. Amsterdam 1997. Nine volumes :: : [0001:C.1], ill. p.565.
Henricus Hondius II (1597 - 1651)
Youngest son of Jodocus Hondius I, Dutch cartographer, engraver, and publisher, whose career represents the continuation and consolidation of the great cartographic enterprise initiated by his father, Jodocus Hondius I, and sustained in partnership with Jan Janssonius. Born in Amsterdam into a family of leading mapmakers, Henricus was educated within an environment deeply immersed in the geographical sciences, engraving, and the commercial publishing of atlases. His early training under his father’s direction provided him with technical mastery in both copperplate engraving and the compilation of geographical sources, disciplines that would underpin his later achievements. Following the death of his father in 1612, Henricus, together with his brother Jodocus II, assumed responsibility for the family’s publishing business. During the 1620s and 1630s, he worked in close collaboration with Jan Janssonius, who had married into the Hondius family. Their partnership culminated in the expansion and reissue of the Atlas Novus, a project that significantly enhanced and revised the cartographic legacy of Gerardus Mercator. Henricus’s contributions included the refinement of map plates, the addition of new geographical data drawn from contemporary explorations, and a distinctive stylistic sensibility in engraving that lent the Atlas both clarity and elegance. His editions of the Atlas Novus were notable for their technical precision and for the inclusion of regional maps that reflected the geopolitical realities of early c.17th Europe. The collaboration between Hondius and Janssonius effectively challenged the dominance of the Blaeu publishing house, marking a period of intense competition that advanced the overall quality of Dutch cartography. Beyond his role as a mapmaker, Henricus Hondius II was also an engraver of portraits and frontispieces, displaying an aesthetic sensibility that complemented his scientific rigour. His meticulous attention to typographic and decorative detail became a hallmark of the Hondius-Janssonius atlases. Henricus’s death in 1651 marked the end of a significant chapter in the Hondius lineage, yet his influence persisted through subsequent atlas editions that continued to bear his name. His career embodies the synthesis of artistry, technical skill, and scientific ambition that defined the Dutch Golden Age of cartography.
