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America by Zacharias Heyns. 1598
Zacharias Heyns (1570-c. 1640)
Zacharias Heyns is the son of Peter Heyns, who wrote the text in rhyme for the first edition of the Epitome of Ortelius's Theatrum. Father and son fled Antwerp in 1585 after the victory of Parma and settled first in Frankfurt, later in Haarlem in the Netherlands. The son, Zacharias, moved to Amsterdam, where he became a bookseller and publisher. In 1596, he published a re-edition of the Spiegel der Werelt with the maps engraved by Filips Galle. 1598, after his father's death, he began a new small atlas with the same title as his father's best-seller, Le Miroir du Monde.
This atlas is the most mysterious of the entire Dutch atlas production (Meurer). But the most mysterious aspect concerns the origin of the maps. An analysis of several maps reveals that they were based on something other than the usual sources, such as the atlases of Ortelius or Mercator, but mainly on the original maps (Van der Krogt).
America
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Category: Antique maps > America > The Americas
America by Zacharias Heyns.
Title: America.
First and only edition: 1598.
Woodcut, printed on paper.
Image size: 130 x 170mm (5.12 x 6.69 inches).
Sheet size: 155 x 195mm (6.1 x 7.68 inches).
Verso: French text.
Condition: Original coloured, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.
From: Le Miroir du Monde. Amsterdam, Zacharias Heyns, 1598. (Van der Krogt 3, 334:01)
Zacharias Heyns (1570-c. 1640)
Zacharias Heyns is the son of Peter Heyns, who wrote the text in rhyme for the first edition of the Epitome of Ortelius's Theatrum. Father and son fled Antwerp in 1585 after the victory of Parma and settled first in Frankfurt, later in Haarlem in the Netherlands. The son, Zacharias, moved to Amsterdam, where he became a bookseller and publisher. In 1596, he published a re-edition of the Spiegel der Werelt with the maps engraved by Filips Galle. 1598, after his father's death, he began a new small atlas with the same title as his father's best-seller, Le Miroir du Monde.
This atlas is the most mysterious of the entire Dutch atlas production (Meurer). But the most mysterious aspect concerns the origin of the maps. An analysis of several maps reveals that they were based on something other than the usual sources, such as the atlases of Ortelius or Mercator, but mainly on the original maps (Van der Krogt).
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