Jan Janssonius
Johannes Janssonius (1588, in
Biography
Janssonius was born in Arnhem, the son of Jan Janszoon the Elder,
Under the leadership of Janssonius the Hondius Atlas was steadily enlarged. Renamed Atlas Novus, it had three volumes in 1638, one fully dedicated to Italy. In 1646, a fourth volume came out with "English County Maps", a year after a similar issue by Joan Blaeu. Janssonius' maps are similar to those of Blaeu, and he is often accused of copying from his rival, but many of his maps predate those of Blaeu and/or covered different regions. By 1660, at which point the atlas bore the appropriate name "Atlas Major", there were 11 volumes, containing the work of about a hundred credited authors and engravers. It included a description of "most of the cities of the world" (Townatlas), of the waterworld (Atlas Maritimus in 33 maps), and of the Ancient World (60 maps). The eleventh volume was titled Atlas of the Heavens (a type of celestial cartography) by Andreas Cellarius. Editions were printed in Dutch, Latin, French, and a few times in German.
After Janssonius's death, the publishing company was continued by his son-in law, Johannes van Waesbergen. The London bookseller Moses Pitt attempted publication of the Atlas Major in English, but ran out of resources after the fourth volume in 1683.
Selected works
- Sueciæ, Norvegiæ et Daniæ Nova Tabula, Amsterdam c. 1645.
- Tabula exactissima Regnorum Sueciæ et Norvegiæ (1636), which replaced Hondius II 1613
- Episcopatum Stavangriensis, Bergensis et Asloiensis Bergen and Oslo bishoprics.
See also
References
- ^ Vintage Maps. "Johannes Janssonius (*1588–†1664)". Vintage Maps. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ "Venezuela with the Southern Part of New Andalusia". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ^ "'Atlas maior' by Blaeu – Special Collections – Utrecht University". uu.nl. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
Sources
- Peter van der Krogt (ed.): Koeman's atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. 1: The folio atlases published by Gerard Mercator, Jodocus Hondius, Henricus Hondius, Johannes Janssonius and their successors, ’t Goy-Houten 1997, ISBN 90-6194-268-3