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'''Gerard de Jode''' (also known as '''Petrus de Jode'''; {{circa|1511}}&nbsp;– 5 February 1591) was a Netherlandish [[cartographer]], [[engraver]], and [[publisher]] who lived and worked in [[Antwerp]].
[[File:Gerard de Jode 1593 Map Northern hemisphere.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Map of the Northern hemisphere. Color print from copper engraving (printer Arnold Coninx). Antwerp 1593]]
[[File:Gerard de Jode 1593 Map Southern hemisphere.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Southern hemisphere. The maps were published in an atlas by Cornelis de Jode ''[[Speculum Orbis Terrae]]'']]


'''Gerard de Jode''' (1509–1591) was a [[Netherlandish]] [[cartographer]], [[engraver]] and [[publisher]] who lived and worked in [[Antwerp]] during the 16th century. He was born in [[Nijmegen]] and died in [[Antwerp]]. In 1547 he was admitted to the [[Guild of St. Luke]], and began his work as a publisher/printseller. He often printed the works of other cartographers including [[Giacomo Gastaldi|Gastaldi's]] map of the world in 1555, [[Jacob van Deventer (cartographer)|Jacob van Deventer's]] map of [[Duchy of Brabant|Brabant]] in 1558, [[Ortelius]]' eight sheet map of the world in 1564, and maps by [[Bartholomeus Musinus]] and [[Fernando Alvares Seco]].
In 1547, De Jode was admitted to the [[Guild of St. Luke]], and began his work as a publisher. He frequently printed the works of other cartographers, including [[Giacomo Gastaldi]]'s world map in 1555, [[Jacob van Deventer (cartographer)|Jacob van Deventer]]'s map of the [[Duchy of Brabant]] in 1558, and [[Ortelius]]' eight-sheet world map in 1564.


== Background ==
His most outstanding work is a two volume atlas ''[[Speculum Orbis Terrarum]]'' published in 1578. It was aimed at competing with another atlas, [[Theatrum Orbis Terrarum]] by Ortelius, published eight years earlier in 1570. The competing atlas had become so popular by the time he finally published his own atlas however, that his version never sold well, despite his outstanding reputation. Only about a dozen examples have survived.<ref name=sanders>{{cite web |url= http://www.sanderusmaps.com/antique-maps/world-and-polar-regions/world-_20635.cfm|title= Antique map of World by de Jode|accessdate=2009-03-09 |work= |publisher= |date= }}</ref>
His most outstanding work is a two volume atlas ''[[Speculum Orbis Terrarum]]'' published in 1578. It was aimed at competing with another atlas, ''[[Theatrum Orbis Terrarum]]'' by Ortelius, published eight years earlier in 1570. The competing atlas had become so popular by the time he finally published his own atlas however, that his version never sold well, despite his outstanding reputation. Only about a dozen examples have survived.<ref name=sanders>{{cite web|url= http://www.sanderusmaps.com/antique-maps/world-and-polar-regions/world-_20635.cfm|title= Antique map of World by de Jode|access-date= 2009-03-09|archive-date= 9 May 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080509062506/http://www.sanderusmaps.com/antique-maps/world-and-polar-regions/world-_20635.cfm|url-status= dead}}</ref>


Gerard de Jode made plans for another enlarged edition, which was uncompleted at his death in 1591. His son [[Cornelis de Jode]] took over and published the [[Speculum Orbis Terrae]] in 1593. This never sold well either. Scholars consider many of de Jode's maps to be superior to those of Ortelius, both in detail and style.<ref name=sanders/>
De Jode made plans for another enlarged edition, which was uncompleted at his death in 1591. His son [[Cornelis de Jode]] took over and published the ''[[Speculum Orbis Terrae]]'' in 1593. This never sold well either. Scholars consider many of De&nbsp;Jode's maps to be superior to those of Ortelius, both in detail and style.<ref name=sanders/>


In constructing his world map, <small>''HEMISPHERIUM AB ÆQUINOCTIALI LINEA, AD CIRCULUM POLI ANTARCTICI''</small>, published in 1593, Gerard de Jode was strongly influenced by [[Guillaume Postel]]’s 1581 polar planisphère, ''Polo aptata Nova Charta Universi''.<ref>Rodney W. Shirley, ''The Mapping of the World: Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700,'' Early Riverside, Conn., World Press, 2001, pp166-7, pl.122.</ref>
In constructing his world map, ''Hemispherium Ab Æquinoctiali Linea, Ad Circulum Poli Antarctici'', published in 1593, De&nbsp;Jode was strongly influenced by [[Guillaume Postel]]'s 1581 polar planisphère, ''Polo aptata Nova Charta Universi''.<ref>Rodney W. Shirley, ''The Mapping of the World: Early Printed World Maps 1472–1700,'' Early Riverside, Conn., World Press, 2001, pp.&nbsp;166–167, pl.&nbsp;122.</ref> De&nbsp;Jode was probably the maker of a globe made in Antwerp that also owes much to the cosmographic ideas of Guillaume Postel.<ref>Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Département des Cartes et Plans, Rés. Ge AA 1255. Described in Marcel Destombes, "An Antwerp unicum: an unpublished terrestrial globe of the 16th century in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris", in Gunter Schilder, Peter van der Krogt, Steven de Clercq (eds.), ''Marcel Destombes, 1905–1983: Selected Contributions to the History of Cartography and Scientific Instruments,'' Utrecht and Paris, HES Publishers and A.G. Nizet, 1987, ''HES Studies in the History of Cartography and Scientific Instruments,'' Vol.&nbsp;3, pp.&nbsp;337–343, 348.</ref>


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''Speculum Orbis Terrarum'' was once the object of an attempted theft from the [[Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library]], by rare map thief [[Forbes Smiley]]. Smiley was caught and arrested after a library staff member found his [[X-Acto knife]] on the floor.
Gerard de Jode was probably the maker of a globe made in Antwerp that also owes much to the cosmographic ideas of Guillaume Postel.<ref>Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Département des Cartes et Plans, Rés. Ge AA 1255. Described in Marcel Destombes, “An Antwerp unicum: an unpublished terrestrial globe of the 16th century in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris”, in Gunter Schilder, Peter van der Krogt, Steven de Clercq (eds.), ''Marcel Destombes, 1905-1983: Selected Contributions to the History of Cartography and Scientific Instruments,'' Utrecht and Paris, HES Publishers and A.G. Nizet, 1987, ''HES Studies in the History of Cartography and Scientific Instruments,'' Vol.3, pp.337-343, p.348.</ref>


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''Speculum Orbis Terrarum'' was once the object of an attempted theft from the [[Yale University]] [[Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library]], by rare map thief E. Forbes Smiley III. Smiley was caught and arrested after a library staff member found his [[X-Acto|X-Acto knife]] on the floor.

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* [http://primo.nli.org.il/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=NLI&docId=NNL_MAPS_JER002368662 Map of Palestine by de Jode, 1593.] Eran Laor Cartographic Collection, The [[National Library of Israel]].
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Latest revision as of 21:54, 8 April 2024

In this Dutch name, the surname is De Jode, not Jode.

Gerard de Jode
de Jode in an graving by Hendrick Goltzius
BornUnknown date, c. 1511
Nijmegen
Died5 February 1591(1591-02-05) (aged 79–80)
Antwerp
Other names
  • Geerardus de Jode
  • Petrus de Jode
Occupation(s)Cartographer, engraver, publisher

Gerard de Jode (also known as Petrus de Jode; c. 1511 – 5 February 1591) was a Netherlandish cartographer, engraver, and publisher who lived and worked in Antwerp.

In 1547, De Jode was admitted to the Guild of St. Luke, and began his work as a publisher. He frequently printed the works of other cartographers, including Giacomo Gastaldi's world map in 1555, Jacob van Deventer's map of the Duchy of Brabant in 1558, and Ortelius' eight-sheet world map in 1564.

Background

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His most outstanding work is a two volume atlas Speculum Orbis Terrarum published in 1578. It was aimed at competing with another atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Ortelius, published eight years earlier in 1570. The competing atlas had become so popular by the time he finally published his own atlas however, that his version never sold well, despite his outstanding reputation. Only about a dozen examples have survived.[1]

De Jode made plans for another enlarged edition, which was uncompleted at his death in 1591. His son Cornelis de Jode took over and published the Speculum Orbis Terrae in 1593. This never sold well either. Scholars consider many of De Jode's maps to be superior to those of Ortelius, both in detail and style.[1]

In constructing his world map, Hemispherium Ab Æquinoctiali Linea, Ad Circulum Poli Antarctici, published in 1593, De Jode was strongly influenced by Guillaume Postel's 1581 polar planisphère, Polo aptata Nova Charta Universi.[2] De Jode was probably the maker of a globe made in Antwerp that also owes much to the cosmographic ideas of Guillaume Postel.[3]

Speculum Orbis Terrarum was once the object of an attempted theft from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, by rare map thief Forbes Smiley. Smiley was caught and arrested after a library staff member found his X-Acto knife on the floor.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Antique map of World by de Jode". Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  2. ^ Rodney W. Shirley, The Mapping of the World: Early Printed World Maps 1472–1700, Early Riverside, Conn., World Press, 2001, pp. 166–167, pl. 122.
  3. ^ Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Département des Cartes et Plans, Rés. Ge AA 1255. Described in Marcel Destombes, "An Antwerp unicum: an unpublished terrestrial globe of the 16th century in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris", in Gunter Schilder, Peter van der Krogt, Steven de Clercq (eds.), Marcel Destombes, 1905–1983: Selected Contributions to the History of Cartography and Scientific Instruments, Utrecht and Paris, HES Publishers and A.G. Nizet, 1987, HES Studies in the History of Cartography and Scientific Instruments, Vol. 3, pp. 337–343, 348.
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