Hendrik I Hondius

Place: Duffel

Born: 1573

Death: 1650

Biography:

Hendrik Hondius I, Henricus Hondius I or Hendrik Hondius the Elder (Latinised form of 'Hendrik de Hondt', first name also spelled: 'Hendrick') (1573–1650), was a Flemish-born and trained engraver, cartographer and publisher who settled in the Dutch Republic in 1597. He was born as the son of Guillam (Willem) de Hondt, a philologist, in Duffel (Duch...