Janssonius’ Map of Lincolnshire Date of Publication_1797 Poland and Austria

Poland and Austria

Constructed by Pope Innocent XII

This map of northern England is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri

He delved into genealogies and family histories

our map was published in May)

Janssonius’ Map of Lincolnshire Date of Publication_1797 Poland and AustriaLincolnia Comitatus Anglis Lyncolneshire Joannes 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