Description: This rare map is the Danckerts copy of the Hondius map of Brabant. Since Danckerts maps were never published in atlases, this map was only published in a loose sheet edition in 1635. Artists and Engravers: Cornelis Danckerts II (1603-1656) was a succesful Amsterdam-based art-. print- and map-seller. (He called himself 'Papiere, konst en caertverkoper.') His sons Dancker II and Justus were active in the business as well. The Danckerts were a well known family containing several engravers, cartographers and print-sellers that started with the founder Cornelis Danckerts I (1536-1595) who was the city carpenter.
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