Gerardus Mercator natus Rupelmundæ III non. Martii anno MDXII, vixit ann. LXXXII. M. VIII. D. XXVI, denatus IV non. Decembris anno MDXCIV : Iudocus Hondius natus in Pago Flandriæ dicto Wackene XVI kalend. Novembris anno MDLXIII, vixit ann. XLVII. M. VII. D. XXIX, denatus XIV kal. Martii anno MDCXII

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Gerardus Mercator natus Rupelmundæ III non. Martii anno MDXII, vixit ann. LXXXII. M. VIII. D. XXVI, denatus IV non. Decembris anno MDXCIV

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Title:
Gerardus Mercator natus Rupelmundæ III non. Martii anno MDXII, vixit ann. LXXXII. M. VIII. D. XXVI, denatus IV non. Decembris anno MDXCIV : Iudocus Hondius natus in Pago Flandriæ dicto Wackene XVI kalend. Novembris anno MDLXIII, vixit ann. XLVII. M. VII. D. XXIX, denatus XIV kal. Martii anno MDCXII
Description:
Women in Cartography: The widow of Jodocus Hondius, Sr. took over his business for a short period after his death in 1612, before transferring the responsibility to their sons Jodocus Jr. and Henricus. She is credited with creating this portrait honoring her husband, one year after his death, and Flemish cartographer Gerard Mercator, both prominent cartographers from the 16th and 17th centuries. Mercator is still recognized today for his rectangular world map projection that is used in many geography classrooms.
Creator:
Hondius, Colette van den Keere, -1629
Engraver:
Hondius, Colette van den Keere, -1629
Publisher:
Hondius, Hendrik, 1597-1651
Contributor:
Montanus, Petrus, 1595?-1638
Contributor:
Pontanus, Johannes Isacius, 1571-1639
Contributor:
Schrijver, Pieter, 1576-1660
Contributor:
Vriendt, Maximilien, 1559-1614
Date:
[1628–1633]
Format:
Prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Cartography--Pictorial works
Cartographers--Pictorial works
Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
Extent:
1 print : engraving, hand-colored ; 39 x 45 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[Amsterdam] : [Henricus Hondius]
Language:
Latin
Table of Contents:
Poems on verso: In atlantem Gerardi Mercatoris, a Ivdoco Hondio suppletum & divulgatum. Epigramma / P. Scriverius
In tabvlas geographicas Gerhardi Mercatoris avthore et avspice, cl. v. Ivdoco Hondio avctivs et illvstrivs evvlgatas / Ioh. Isacius Pontanus
Atlas Gerardi Mercatoris et Ivsti Hondii cosmographorvm mortem dolens / Petrus Montanus
In obitvm clarißimi viri, Ivdoci Hondii cosmographi / Maximilianus Vrientius.
Notes:
Double portrait of Mercator and Hondius, each shown measuring a globe at a table with books and cartographic instruments, with a map of Europe behind them. Engraved by Coletta Hondius.
Laudatory poems by P. Scriverius, J.J. Pontanus, Petrus Montanus and Maximilianus Vrientius on verso.
Signature on verso: D.
From the 1628 or 1633 French edition of the Mercator-Hondius atlas.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "Women in Cartography: Five Centuries of Accomplishments" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2015-2016.
Identifier:
06_01_014720
Call #:
GA923.6.A1 H66 1628
Barcode:
39999065706481