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Hendrik Hondius I
Hendrik Hondius I, Henricus Hondius I or Hendrik Hondius the Elder (Latinised form of 'Hendrik de Hondt', first name also spelled: 'Hendrick') (1573–1650), was a Flemish-born and trained engraver, cartographer and publisher who settled in the Dutch Republic in 1597.
Life.
He was born as the son of Guillam (Willem) de Hondt, a philologist, in Duffel (Duchy of Brabant in Flanders). The 17th century Flemish biographer Cornelis de Bie reports
Henricus Hondius
Henricus Hondius may refer to two possibly unrelated engravers and cartographers:
- Hendrik Hondius I (1573 –1650), born in Duffel, worked in The Hague, known for his "Pictorum aliquot celebrium praecipue Germaniae Inferioris effigies", Hagae Comitis, 1610
- Hendrik Hondius II (1597–1651), lived and worked in Amsterdam, known for his map in the Mercator-Hondius Atlas from 1627
- Hendrik Hondius III (1615–1677), born and worked in The Hague, son of Hendrik Hondius I