Original antique copper plate engraved antique map of South America by Henricus Hondius.
Published in the 1639 French edition of 'Mercators Atlas' by Jan Jansson and Henricus Hondius.
With later hand colouring.
Henricus Hondius II (1597 – 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.
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.
