Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2: Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and AstronomyStevenson, Edward Luther
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Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2: Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy
Stevenson, Edward Luther
Geography -- History; Globes
In the year 1613, shortly after the death of Jodocus Hondius, there was
issued in Amsterdam, by Adrian Veen[10] and Jodocus Hondius, Jr., a
terrestrial and a celestial globe, each having a diameter of about 56
cm. The dedication of the first reads: “Illustrissimis, Nobilissimis,
Amplissimis et Prudentissimis Federatarum Inferioris Germaniae
Provinciarum Ordinibus ac Patribus Patriae Dominis Suis Clementissimis
Dedicabant Jodocus Hondius Junior et Adrianus Veen. In the year 1613.”
“To the Most Illustrious, Most Noble, Most Exalted, Most Prudent Lords
of the Federated Provinces of the Netherlands, and Fathers of their
Country, their Most Benign Masters, Jodocus Hondius Jr. and Adrian Veen
dedicate (this globe).” The title of the terrestrial globe is given as
“Globus terrestris summa cura ac diligentia a Jodoco Hondio piae
memoriae inchoatus, globosis autem directorii nautici lineis ab Adriano
Venone ad usum navigantium accomodatus, illiusque et Jodoci Hondii
junioris ope et industria absolutus atque perfactus. Amsterodami 1613.”
“Terrestrial globe begun with great care and diligence by Jodocus
Hondius of pious memory, furnished with the lines of nautical direction
(loxodromes) for the use of navigators, by Adrian Veen, and finished by
the industry and labor of the same and of Jodocus Hondius, Jr. Amsterdam
1613.” It seems probable that the Jodocus Hondius here referred to was
Henricus Hondius, who for reasons of business had taken the name of his
father, affixing the word “Junior.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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