An original antique map of the Ukraine and surrounding regions between the northern coast of the Black Sea and Crimea. Shows ports, fortified cities and the mouths of the Danube.
There are two decorative cartouches, one showing the scale and the other with the title.
Jan Jansson was the son of the Arnhem publisher Jan Janssen. He married Elisabeth Hondius, daughter of Jodocus Hondius, in Amsterdam in 1612. After his marriage, he settled down in this town as a bookseller and publisher of cartographic material.
He published atlases, books, single maps, and ran an extensive book trade with branches in Frankfurt, Danzig, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Koningsbergen, Geneva, and Lyon. In 1631, he began publishing atlases together with Henricus Hondius.
In the early 1640s, Henricus Hondius left the atlas publishing business to Jansson. One of his most impressive works was the six volume “Atlas Novus”.
