Gerard de Jose polar projection map of the Southern Hemisphere Source: Wikimedia Commonsįollowing Cornelius’ death the plates for the De Jode Speculum were sold to the Antwerp book and print seller Joan Baptista Vrients, who also acquired the plates for Ortelius’ Theatrum at about the same time. Due to their military significance the maps were never published. In 1559 he was commissioned to survey and map all of the cities in the Spanish Lowlands, a task that he completed with great competence. We will probably never know.ĭeventer was appointed Imperial Cartographer by Charles V in 1540, the title being changed to Royal Cartographer after the emperor’s abdication in 1555. Two other possibilities are that Gemma learnt the technique from Deventer or they both learnt it from a third unknown source. ![]() It was once thought that Deventer had learnt the technique from Gemma but given that Gemma’s book was only published in 1533 and Van Deventer’s map already in 1536 it seems improbable. It is the earliest known map to use the method of triangulation first described in print by Gemma Frisius (1508–1555) in his Libellus de locorum describendorum ratione (1533). In 1536 he produced the map of Brabant that De Jode would later reprint. He later moved to Mechelen and in 1572 to Köln to escaped the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish. It was in Leuven that he developed his interest in geography and cartography. He is part of the mathematical heritage of the University of Leuven, where he registered as a student in 1520. 1500–1575) was born in Kampen, also in the Spanish Lowlands. Hertogdom Brabant uit 1540 door Jacob van Deventer Source His world map is interesting in that it shows the Americas and Asia as a single conjoined landmass, a common geographical misconception of the period. It also represents a shift from woodblock to copper plate printing in cartography. His 1648 edition of Ptolemaeus’ Geographia is notable for including regional maps of the Americas and for being reduced in size to produce the first ‘pocket’ atlas. Gastaldi had originally been an engineer working for the Venetian Republic but in the 1640s he turned to cartography. In 1555 he issued an edition of the world map of the renowned Venetian cartographer Giacomo Gastaldi (c. ![]() Antwerp was a major centre for the map trade and De Jode printed and published single maps by notable cartographers. His workshop produced a wide range of engraved products but he appears to have specialised to a certain extent in cartography and map production. This was not a one-man business and he employed a number of skilled engravers, who are well known craftsmen. Coat of arms of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke
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