Janssonius’ Map of Herefordshire Arabia but efforts have been made

but efforts have been made to differentiate between the different types of line

It may be that Bowyer bound up copies to order

Lancashire

28 x 36 cm

Janssonius’ Map of Herefordshire Arabia but efforts have been madeJoannes Janssonius II (1588 1664) married into the Hondius family and, with Henricus Hondius, worked on a revised edition of the Mercator Hondius atlas (which was known as the Atlas Novus from 1638 onwards). The Hondius Janssonius map publishing business traced its roots back to Gerardus Mercator. Mercator coined the term atlas (after the wise, mythical, Mauritanian king rather than the weary titan) and the original Mercator Atlas (published in parts