Chorographica Tabula Lacus Lemanni Locorumque Circumiacentium Auctore Iac. G. Genevensi

Antique map of Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) by Jodocus Hondius after Jacques Goulart. Showing the Lake Geneva with Geneva (Genève) and Lausanne. Oriented to the southeast. Decorated with two cartouches, several sailing ships, a mileage scale and a large compass rose. French text on verso. First published in the Mercator-Hondius Atlas of 1606, this is the French edition of 1613/16.

Very good conditions with beautiful colours.

Jodocus Hondius was born 1563 in Wakken (West Flanders). He became a globe maker and map engraver. In 1593 he set up his business in Amsterdam after he spent several years in London. He was one of the most important engravers of his time and engraved maps for van den Keere, Waghenaer and Speed. Hondius bought the plates of Mercator in 1604, added around 40 maps and published the expanded Mercator-Atlas first 1606 still under Mercator's name. After his death 1612 in Amsterdam, the business was carried out by his sons Jodocus II and Henricus.