- Cornelis de Jode
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Cornelis de Jode Born 1568
Antwerp, BelgiumDied 17 Oct 1600
Mons, BelgiumFields Cartography Cornelis de Jode was a cartographer, engraver and publisher from Antwerp. He was the son of Gerard de Jode, also a cartographer. Cornelis studied science at Academy of Douai[1]
When his father died in 1591, Cornelis de Jode took over the work on his father's uncompleted altas, which he eventually published in 1593 as Speculum Orbis Terrae . Despite that contemporary scholars consider many of de Jode's maps to be superior both in detail and style to those of the competing atlas of the time Theatrum by Ortelius, de Jode's atlas never sold well.[2]
After his death, the engraving plates were sold to J. B. Vrients (who also owned the Ortelius plates), and the complete work was not published again.
References
- ^ "Art Encyclopedia: Cornelis de Jode". http://www.answers.com/topic/cornelis-de-jode-1. Retrieved 2009-03-09. (info on birth and death dates and place, and info on studies in Douai are from Answers.com)
- ^ "Antique map of World by de Jode". http://www.sanderusmaps.com/antique-maps/world-and-polar-regions/world-_20635.cfm. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
Categories:- Belgian scientists
- Flemish cartographers
- Dutch cartographers
- Dutch Golden Age printmakers
- People from Nijmegen
- 1568 births
- 1600 deaths
- Earth scientist stubs
- Belgian scientist stubs
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