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One of the best early decorative maps of the region known as the Kingdom of the Amazons, featuring large decorative cartouche, elaborate compass rose, 3 sailing ships and a sea monster. Huge Lake Parime and nice detail along the Coast, the Orinoco and the Amazon. Trinidad, Tobago and other coastal islands shown in the north. Many place names shown, with extensive details throughout the map. A good example, with some minor centerfold discoloration and reinforcement and a bit of offsetting, but still a good example. From the rare English edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas, with a 2 page description of Guiana or the Kingdom of the Amazons in English on the verso. Normally a $750.00 map.
Henricus Hondius (1597-1651) was a Dutch engraver and mapmaker, a member of a prominent cartographic family. His father, Jodocus Hondius, was also an engraver and geographer. While working with his father, Henricus was instrumental in the expansion and republishing of Mercator’s atlas, first published in 1595 and republished by Hondius in 1606.
Upon his father’s death in 1612, Henricus and his brother, Jodocus the Younger, took over the business. He set up his own shop in 1621, where he continued to release new editions of the Mercator atlas. Later, he partnered with his brother-in-law, Jan Janssonius, in continuing to expand and publish Mercator’s atlas, which would become known as the Mercator-Hondius-Janssonius atlas. Born and based in Amsterdam, he died there in 1651.
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