"Henricus Hondius II Said The Younger (1597 - 1651), Map Of Africa, Atlas Mercator, 1631"
Henricus Hondius II said the Younger (1597-1651) Atlas Mercator-Hondius: map of Africa 1631 47.7 x 57 cm woodcut Signed and dated upper right in a cartouche "Africae nova Tabula.Auct.Hen. Hondio.1631 "French text on the back The first edition of the Atlas of Mercator-Hondius was published with a Latin text in 1606 by Jodocus Hondius the father. This Atlas, which enjoyed immense editorial success in the 17th century, founded modern cartography. His son Henricus Hondius reissued the Atlas in 1631 without its large decorative border.