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Henricus Hondius II
Henricus Hondius II or Hendrik Hondius the Younger (1597 – 16 August 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
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