Hendrik Hondius I travelled at a period when the map still had blanks on it, and filled some of them.
The record lists Hendrik Hondius I as engraver, cartographer and publisher from the Netherlands.
Hendrik Hondius I was born at Duffel in 1573. His recorded nationality is Dutch Republic.
The Age of Discovery was driven by Iberian crowns, the caravel and the search for a sea route to the spice trade - and it opened the Atlantic world with consequences its sailors never intended.
He is recorded as cartographer, art historian and publisher.
The record of exploration is also a record of the people already living in the places reached.
Hendrik Hondius I died in 1650, aged 77. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as cartographer, art historian and publisher
