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Map Europe, Very Precisely Represented. Europa exactissime descripta

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Title

  • Europe, Very Precisely Represented.

Other Title

  • Europa exactissime descripta

Summary

  • This decorative map of Europe dates from around 1620 and is by Hendrik Hondius (also seen as Henricus Hondius, 1597--1651). Hondius was the son of Jodocus Hondius (1563--1612), a Flemish cartographer and engraver who settled in Amsterdam around 1593 and established a business producing maps and atlases. He is known for reestablishing the rightful famous reputation of Gerardus Mercator. In 1604 Hondius acquired the plates for Mercator's world atlas and in 1606 published a new edition of this famous work. After their father's death in 1612, Henricus and his brother Jodocus carried on the family business. With his brother-in-law Johann Jansson, Henricus continued publication of what became known as the Mercator-Hondius atlas. Frisland, a mythical island near Iceland, appears on this and most charts of the North Atlantic from the 1560s until the 1660s. The map of Europe was completely redrawn and updated in later editions. It is decorated with two cartouches, pictures of animals including a pride of Barbary lions in North Africa, sailing ships, a sea monster, and trees. The cartouche at top right dedicates the map to "Ludovico XIII Galliarum et Navarrae Regi Christianissimo Europe hanc Tabulam" (The most Christian king of France and Navarre, Louis XIII).

Names

  • Hondius, Hendrik, 1597-1651 Cartographer.
  • Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643 Dedicatee.

Created / Published

  • Amsterdam : Hendrik Hondius, 1620.

Headings

  • -  1620

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Scale approximately 1:13,215,000"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 map : color ; 36 x 49 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Qatar National Library.
  • -  Content in Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668709

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Hondius, Hendrik, Cartographer, and King Of France Louis Xiii. Europe, Very Precisely Represented. Amsterdam: Hendrik Hondius, 1620. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668709/.

APA citation style:

Hondius, H. & Louis Xiii, K. O. F. (1620) Europe, Very Precisely Represented. Amsterdam: Hendrik Hondius. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668709/.

MLA citation style:

Hondius, Hendrik, Cartographer, and King Of France Louis Xiii. Europe, Very Precisely Represented. Amsterdam: Hendrik Hondius, 1620. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668709/>.