Janssonius’ Map of Herefordshire Arabia Written by the Reverend John

Written by the Reverend John Donne

a map newly added to the ‘Atlas Novus’ in 1640

but efforts have been made to differentiate between the different types of line

title lettered direct in gilt on the cover

and includes insets of Mauritius

Janssonius’ Map of Herefordshire Arabia Written by the Reverend JohnJoannes Janssonius II (1588 1664) married into the Hondius family and, with Henricus Hondius, worked on a revised edition of the Mercator Hondius atlas (which was known as the Atlas Novus from 1638 onwards). The Hondius Janssonius map publishing business traced its roots back to Gerardus Mercator. Mercator coined the term atlas (after the wise, mythical, Mauritanian king rather than the weary titan) and the original Mercator Atlas (published in parts