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Portrait of Jodocus Hondius and Gerard Mercator
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Portrait of Jodocus Hondius and Gerard Mercator

1613 · letterpress printing; engraving; hand coloring; paper; gilt paint

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The scholars and cartographers Gerard Mercator (1512-1594) and Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612) are depicted together among their instruments related to their profession. Both have produced land maps and celestial and terrestrial globes and constructed astronomical instruments.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printJodocus HondiusGerardus Mercatormaps, atlaseshistorical personsglobestar-globe
Credit linePortret van Jodocus Hondius en Gerard Mercator. 1613. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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