Antique Map of Delfland and Schieland by Hondius (c.1630)

Description: Antique map titled ‘Novissima Delflandiae, Schielandiae et circumiacentium insularum ut Voornae, Overflackeae, Goereae, Iselmondae (..)’. Engraving of Delfland and Schieland. Designed by the cartographer Balthasar Florisz. Van Berckenrode.

Artists and Engravers: Henricus Hondius II or Hendrik Hondius the Younger (1597 – 16 August 1651) was a Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher. He was born in Amsterdam, the son of the famous cartographer Jodocus Hondius who had started a map-making business in the city. Henricus obtained the original plates of the Mercator 1569 world map, and published a 1606 version of it. After his father died in 1612 Henricus co-ran the business with his brother-in-law.[1] In 1621 opened his own company in his hometown. The first time his name was mentioned in an atlas was in 1623 when he published the fifth edition of the Mercator-Hondius atlas. After 1628 Henricus partnered with the cartographer Jan Janssonius and together they continued the business.