Early 17th century map of Tartary, reduced from the larger edition of the map which appeared in the French Mercator-Jodocus Hondius Atlas Minor in the 1630s.
Very fine and decorative engraving showing China, Korea and the northern Pacific coast of America.
The two continents are separated by the Straits of Anian.
The Great Wall of China can be seen. Extends to the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
The Atlas Minor was larger in format than other small atlases available at the time allowing for significantly greater detail and more place names than found in its rivals.
size 5 1/2 by 7 1/4" (including margins 7 1/4 by 8 1/4")
Very good condition

Henricus Hondius (1597-1651) was a Dutch engraver and mapmaker, a member of a prominent cartographic family. His father, Jodocus Hondius, was also an engraver and geographer. While working with his father, Henricus was instrumental in the expansion and republishing of Mercator’s atlas, first published in 1595 and republished by Hondius in 1606.
Upon his father’s death in 1612, Henricus and his brother, Jodocus the Younger, took over the business. He set up his own shop in 1621, where he continued to release new editions of the Mercator atlas. Later, he partnered with his brother-in-law, Jan Janssonius, in continuing to expand and publish Mercator’s atlas, which would become known as the Mercator-Hondius-Janssonius atlas. Born and based in Amsterdam, he died there in 1651.



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