Dimensions: 15 x 18,5 cm. (on sheet: 18 x 22,5 cm.). Condition: very good Verso: latin text Mapmaker: G. Mercator, Amsterdam Publisher: J. Hondius / J. Janssonius / C. Claesz. Amsterdam. Note: from "Atlas Minor Gerardi Mercatoris.." Henricus Hondius 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. 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.