HONDIUS, H

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HONDIUS, H
America noviter delineata. Amsterdam, 1631 [1639-1649]. Beau col. d'époque. Bel exemplaire. - In original colours. A very good copy. 375 x 500 mm. Carte figurant le continent américain ornée de 2 projections au pôle. Texte en français au verso. - This map was originally one map of a separate-issued set of world and continents with decorative borders first published in 1618. After the death of the elder son of Jodocus Hondius, many of his plates were sold by his widow to Blaeu, but this plate stayed with the family. In 1631 Henricus put his own name on the plate and added the 1631 date: it is likely that it was at this time that the decorative borders were trimmed off to make the map fit the standard atlas format. Although derived from two maps by Willem Blaeu, Burden notes that "it was the Hondius, however, that helped to popularize this particular depiction of America, stylized by the inset maps of the two polar regions." - Burden, America 192, state 3
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