Cornelis de Jode

Cornelis de Jode
Born	1568 Antwerp, Belgium
Died	17 Oct 1600 Mons, Belgium
Fields	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.

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  The known world from Speculum Orbis Terrae, 1593.

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  Map of the Northern hemispere, also from Speculum Orbis Terrae, 1593. Note the unusual perspective from a position above the north pole.

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  The Southern hemispere. Color print from copper engraving (printer Arnold Coninx).

References

1. ^ "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)
2. ^ "Antique map of World by de Jode". http://www.sanderusmaps.com/antique-maps/world-and-polar-regions/world-_20635.cfm. Retrieved 2009-03-09. 

Persondata
Name	Jode
Alternative names
Short description	cartographer, engraver, publisher
Date of birth	1568
Place of birth	Antwerp, Belgium
Date of death	17 Oct 1600
Place of death	Mons, Belgium