Antique maps by Jan Jansson

Jan Janssonius (also known as Johann or Jan Jansson or Janszoon) (1588-1664) was a renowned geographer and publisher of the seventeenth century, when the Dutch dominated map publishing in Europe. Born in Arnhem, Jan was first exposed to the trade via his father, who was also a bookseller and publisher. In 1612, Jan married the daughter of Jodocus Hondius, who was also a prominent mapmaker and seller. Jonssonius’ first maps date from 1616.

In the 1630s, Janssonius worked with his brother-in-law, Henricus Hondius. Their most successful venture was to reissue the Mercator-Hondius atlas. Jodocus Hondius had acquired the plates to the Mercator atlas, first published in 1595, and added 36 additional maps. After Hondius died in 1612, Henricus took over publication; Janssonius joined the venture in 1633. Eventually, the atlas was renamed the Atlas Novus and then the Atlas Major, by which time it had expanded to eleven volumes. Janssonius is also well known for his volume of English county maps, published in 1646.

Janssonius died in Amsterdam in 1664. His son-in-law, Johannes van Waesbergen, took over his business. Eventually, many of Janssonius’ plates were sold to Gerard Valck and Pieter Schenk, who added their names and continued to reissue the maps.

Nova et Accurata Poli Arctici et terrarum Circum Iacentium Descriptio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1640 circa

Size:

20.5 x 16 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

91229

Pontus Euxinus : Aequor Iasonio pulsatum remige primum

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1652 circa

Size:

19 x 15 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

75125

( Holy Land -The Twelve Tribes )

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1658

Size:

74 x 35 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

92878

Pascaart vant Canaal Tusschen Engelant en Vrancryck, alsmede geheel jerlant en Schotlant . . .

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1650

Size:

21.5 x 17 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

73571

Americae Pars Meridionalis

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1640 circa

Size:

21.5 x 18 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

72780

Totius Italiae nova et accurata Descriptio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1633 circa

Size:

18.25 x 14 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

92319

Insularum Britannicarum Acurata Delineatio ex Geographicis Conatibus Abraham Ortelii

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1636 circa

Size:

20 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

40067

[Somerset] Comitatus Somersettensis Somerest-Shire

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1644

Size:

19.75 x 15 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

91564

Comitatus Herefordiensis | Herefordshire

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1650 circa

Size:

19.5 x 15 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

91976

Insulae Melitae vulgo Malte Nova et Accurata Descriptio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1650 circa

Size:

20 x 16 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

89510

Norfolciae Descriptio | The Description of Norfolk

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1650 circa

Size:

19.5 x 15 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

91565

Provincia Oxoniensis | Oxford-Shire

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1644 circa

Size:

19.5 x 15 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

91977

[Eastern Hungary / Western Romania] Partis Hungariae Inter Tibiscum et Nigrum Chrysum. Nova et Accurata Descriptio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1645 circa

Size:

19 x 15 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

91370

[Cardiganshire - First State!] Ceretica Sive Cardiganensis Comitatus | Cardigan Schire

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1636

Size:

19.75 x 15 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

91573

Paraguay, o Prov. de Rio de la Plata cum regionibus adiacentibus Tucuman et Sta. Cruz de la Sierra

Jan Jansson / Jodocus Hondius

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1641 circa

Size:

19 x 14.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

89592

Tartaria sive Magni Chami Imperium

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1640 circa

Size:

19.5 x 15 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

91568

Typus Maritimus Groenlandiae, Islandiae, Freti Davidis, Insulae Johannis Mayen, et Hitlandiae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae litora maritima Septentrionalia

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1659

Size:

21 x 17 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

72826

[Tuscany / Florence] Dominio Fiorentino

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1658 circa

Size:

19.5 x 15 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

89663

Siciliae Veteris Typus

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1640 circa

Size:

19 x 15 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

89837

Scotia Meridionalis

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1610 circa

Size:

7.5 x 5.25 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

89748

Germaniae Veteris typus . . .

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1603 circa

Size:

19 x 15 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

89154

(Lake Geneva) Lacus Lemanni Locorumque Circumiacentium Accuratissima Descriptio Auctore Iacobo Goulartio Genevensi

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1640

Size:

20 x 16 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

86122

Natolia, quae olim Asia Minor [shows Cyprus]

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1636 circa

Size:

19.5 x 15 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

86389

(Cambridgeshire) Comitatis Cantabrigiensis vernacule Cambridgeshire

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1650 circa

Size:

20.5 x 16.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

85795

Septentrionalium Terrarum descript

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1628 circa

Size:

8 x 5.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

0016dg

Aethiopia Superior vel Interior vulgo Abissinorum sive Presbiteri Ioannis Imperium

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1657 circa

Size:

19.5 x 15 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

86339

Tabula Itineraria Patriarcharum Abrahami, Isaaci et Iacobi

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1652 circa

Size:

20.5 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

38133

Toletum . . .

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1657

Size:

19.5 x 14.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

82315

Nova Galliae tabulae

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1651 circa

Size:

7.5 x 5.75 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

75436

Aethiopia Inferior vel Exterior . . . .

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1670 circa

Size:

19.75 x 15 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

43356

(Gascogne) L' Evesche D' Aire

Pierre Du Val / Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1663

Size:

21.25 x 16.75 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

75402

Afbeeldinge van de Cabo St. Augustin : Met haer forten

Jan Jansson / Isaac. Commelin

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1656 circa

Size:

14.5 x 11 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

75263

(Lake Parime and El Dorado) Guiana sive Amazonum Regio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1635 circa

Size:

20 x 15 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

63739

Mar Del Zur Hispanis Mare Pacificum

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1650

Size:

21.5 x 17 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

67426

Attica, Megarica, Corinthiaca, Boeotia, Phocis, Locri Ex Clarissimi D.T. Velli M.D. Delineatione

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1650 circa

Size:

19.5 x 14.5 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

75154

Middelburgum

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1657

Size:

21 x 16.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

79535

Valentia Regnum Contestani, Ptol. Edentani Plin.

Jan Jansson / Gerard & Leonard Valk

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1700

Size:

18.5 x 14 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

79473

[Leinster County, Ireland] Comitatus Lageniae -- The Countie of Leinster

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1670 circa

Size:

20 x 16 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

23554

Byzantium Nunc Constantinopolis

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1660 circa

Size:

19 x 13 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

61926

Tabula Bergarum ad Zomam Stenbergae et novorum ibi operum

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1638 circa

Size:

21 x 9 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

73750

Guinea

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1640 circa

Size:

20.5 x 15 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

72824

Regna Congo et Angola

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1650 circa

Size:

19.5 x 16.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

72591

Situs Terrae Promissionis S.S. Bibliorum intelligentiam exacte aperiens per Chr. Adrichom

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1630

Size:

19.5 x 14.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

23196

(Western Denmark) Pars Occientalis Praefecturae Hadersleben cum adjacentibus Ripen et Lohmcloster Praefecturis.

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1650 circa

Size:

21.5 x 16 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

39116se

[Portugal] Pascaarte vande Zeecusten van Portugal tusschen de Barlenges en de C. de S. Vincente geleghen, vertoonende nae't leven de ware geleghentheijt vande vermaerde Riviere van Lisbona . . .

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1620 circa

Size:

10 x 21.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

40065

[Wales] Cambriae Typus Auctore Humfredo Lhuydo . . .

Henricus Hondius / Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1636 circa

Size:

19.5 x 14 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

41983

Taurica Chersonesus, Hodie Przecopsca, at Gazara dicitur.

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1644

Size:

20 x 16 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

62651

Insulae Indiae Orientalis

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1630 circa

Size:

7.5 x 6 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

69663

Syriae Sive Soriae Nova et Accurata descriptio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1660 circa

Size:

20.25 x 17 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

64179

Novissima Poloniae Regni Descriptio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1640

Size:

21 x 17 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

67659

Archived

[Tuscany / Florence]. Dominio Fiorentino

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1658

Size:

20 x 15 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

43364

Hispaniae Veteris Descriptio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1638 circa

Size:

19.5 x 14.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

89153

Tabula Magellanica qua Tierrae Del Fuego cum celeberrimis fretis a F. Magellano et I. Le Maire detectus Novissima et accuratissima descriptio exhibeteur

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1666 circa

Size:

20.5 x 16 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

89232

America noviter delineata Auct. Judoco Hondio . . .

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1632

Size:

22 x 16 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

67789

[Carolinas] Virginiae Partis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumqus regionum Nova Descriptio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1639 circa

Size:

20 x 15 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

38700

Britannia prout divisa fuit temporibus ANGLO-SAXONUM, praefertim durante illorum HEPTARCHIA

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1645

Size:

20.5 x 16.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

80468

Britannia prout divisa fuit temporibus ANGLO-SAXONUM, praefertim durante illorum HEPTARCHIA

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1645 circa

Size:

20.5 x 16.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

78968

[Title Page] Novus Atlas, das ist: Melt-Beschreibung. . . 1649

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1649

Size:

10 x 16 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

78525

[Title Page] Atlantis Majoris sive Cosmographie Universalis. Tomus Sextus

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1658

Size:

10.5 x 16 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

78429

(Captain Smith's Mythical Sea) Americae Descriptio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1631 circa

Size:

8 x 6 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

66171

America Septentrionalis

Henricus Hondius / Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1641

Size:

21.5 x 18 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

81048

Cuba Insula [with] Hispaniola Insula [with] Ins. Jamaica [with] Ins. S. Ioannis [with] I.S. Margareta [with] Havana portus

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1630 circa

Size:

7 x 6 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

86085

Stato Della Republica di Lucca

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1645 circa

Size:

19.5 x 15 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

85799

[Terrestial & Celestial Globes] Nobilissimis, Amplissimis, Consultissimis, Prudentissimisq[ue], viris D. Dominis Societatis Indiarum Occidentalium Curatoribus suos hosce Coelestem Terrestremeque Globos Joannes Janssonius Humillimus Cliens L.M.Q. dat, dicat dedicatq[ue], Anno 1648 [with:] Sphaera Nova Summo studio, summaq[ue], diligentia atq[ue], industra Clariss. Viri D. Adriani Meii Matheseos apud Franequeranos Professoris ordinarii, ad abacos Nobiliss. Viri Tychonis Brahe confignata, observationibs. quam plurimis, tum circa polum Arcticum ab ipso, tum Antarcticum a discipulo suo Frederico Hautmanno, adhibitis, aucta, et in annum 1630 reducta. Edent Joann Jansonio 1648

Jan Jansson / Abraham Goos / Jodocus Hondius II

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1648

Size:

17 x 25 inches (sphere diameter x total height)

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

69654

(The Great Appalachian Sea) Americae Descriptio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1631 circa

Size:

8 x 6 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

66824

Mar Di Aethiopia Vulgo Oceanus Aethiopicus

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1650

Size:

22 x 17.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

60278

America noviter delineata

Jodocus Hondius - Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1641

Size:

20 x 15 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

82141

Lumen Historiarum, Per Orientem, illustrandis Biblijs Sacris, Martijrologio, & alijs multis a Fran: Hareio concinnatum

Petrus Kaerius / Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Antwerp / 1684

Size:

13.8 x 10.6 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

84070

Norvegia et Suecia

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1651 circa

Size:

7.9 x 5.4 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

75509

(The Fens and the Isle of Ely) A general Plott and description of the Fennes and surrounded grounds

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1640 circa

Size:

22 x 17 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

83442

Arabiae Felicis, Petraeae et Desertae nova et accurata delineatio

Jan Jansson / Valk & Schenk

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1658 circa

Size:

20 x 17.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

45261

Nova et Accurata Poli Arctici et terrarum Circum Iacentium Descriptio

Jan Jansson / Valk & Schenk

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1695 circa

Size:

20.5 x 16 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

73961

Iherusalem Turcis Cusembareich | Nazareth | Rama

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1657

Size:

18.5 x 14 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

82775

Insularum Moluccarum Nova Descriptio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1660 circa

Size:

19 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

51715

( Holy Land -The Twelve Tribes )

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1658

Size:

70 x 34 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

82428mp2

Palestina Sive Terrae Sanctae Descriptio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1630 circa

Size:

22.5 x 17 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

73086

Palestina Sive Terrae Sanctae Descriptio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1630 circa

Size:

22.5 x 17 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

68675

(Captain Smith's Mythical Sea) America Descriptio

Jan Jansson & Abraham Goos

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1628

Size:

8 x 6 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

81376

Indiae Orientalis Nova Descriptio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1640 circa

Size:

20 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

81207mp2

[Heightened in Gold] America Septentrionalis

Henricus Hondius / Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1641

Size:

21.5 x 18.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

81205

Typus Orbis Terrarum

Henricus Hondius / Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1628 circa

Size:

8 x 6 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

80998

Insularum Hispaniolae et Cubae, Cum Insulis circumjacentibus

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1650

Size:

21 x 16.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

80134

Africae nova Tabula . . . 1623

Jodocus Hondius / Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1623

Size:

22 x 18 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

80431

Nova et Accurata Poli Arctici et terrarum Circum Iacentium Descriptio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1640 circa

Size:

21 x 16 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

80141

Nova et Accurata Poli Arctici et terrarum Circum Iacentium Descriptio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1637

Size:

20.75 x 16.25 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

75593

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula

Jan Jansson / Petrus Kaerius

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1632

Size:

22 x 18 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

80572

(Tyrol) Comitatus Tirolensis

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1650 circa

Size:

20 x 15.75 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

75615

Insularum Hispaniolae et Cubae, Cum Insulis circumjacentibus

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1650 circa

Size:

21 x 16.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

73511

Nova Anglia Novum Belgium et Virginia

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1637 circa

Size:

20 x 15 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

74755

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula

Jan Jansson / Petrus Kaerius

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1632

Size:

22 x 18 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

78955

Nova Virginiae Tabula Petrus Kaerius Coelavit

Jan Jansson / Pieter van den Keere

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1628

Size:

7.5 x 5.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

78456

[Title Page - Heightend in Gold] Atlas Novus Sive Theatrum Orbis Terrarum: In Quo Asiae, Africae, & Americae. . .Tomi Tertii Continuatio.

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1640 circa

Size:

10 x 16.5 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

78425

Nova Barbariae descriptio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1635 circa

Size:

20.5 x 14 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

75376

Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Nautica ventorum nomina sex linguis repraesentans

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1650

Size:

21.5 x 17.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

77377

[South Pole]

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1657 circa

Size:

20 x 17 inches

Condition:

Stock#:

42995

Nova Totius Livoniae accurata Descriptio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1640 circa

Size:

20.5 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

48131

Arabiae Felicis, Petraeae et Desertae nova et accurata delineatio

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1658

Size:

20 x 17 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

74810

Portugallia et Algarbia quae olim Lusitania . . .

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1645 circa

Size:

19.5 x 15 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

76177

Sinus Gangeticus Vulgo Golfo De Bengala Nova descriptio

Jan Jansson / Valk & Schenk

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1700 circa

Size:

21.5 x 19 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

52647

Peregrinatio Abrahae [and] Dimidia [Tribus]

Jan Jansson

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1677

Size:

14 x 17 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

76180

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