Henricus Hondius II (1597 – 16 August 1651) was a Dutch engraver, cartographer, and publisher.

Life

He was born in Amsterdam, the son of the famous cartographer Jodocus Hondius who had started a map-making business in the city. Henricus obtained the original plates of the Mercator 1569 world map, and published a 1606 version of it. After his father died in 1612 Henricus co-ran the business with his brother-in-law. In 1621 opened his own company in his hometown. The first time his name was mentioned in an atlas was in 1623 when he published the fifth edition of the Mercator-Hondius atlas. After 1628 Henricus partnered with the cartographer Jan Janssonius and together they continued the business. He died in Amsterdam. He came from a different family from Hendrik Hondius I; there were two families engaged in very similar activities at the same time.

Works

<Gallery> File:1622 Caerte van t'Vrije - sijnde een gedeelte en lidt van Vlaenderen - Visscher.jpg| 1622 Oostelijk Zeeuws Vlaanderen File:Nova totius Terrarum Orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula (Hendrik Hondius) balanced.jpg|1630 World Map, Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula File:Africa 1631, Hendrik Hondius (3824997-recto).jpg|1631 Africa File:Hondius-Jansson America Septentrionalis 1636 UTA.jpg|1636 North America File:1641_Ieper_+_Blaeu_HR.JPG| 1641 Nova et .. Iprensis File:Artist unknown Dam Square 001.jpg|The bookshop: Wakkere Hond File:Hendrik Hondius after Frans Hals - portrait of Pieter van den Broecke.jpg|Pieter van den Broecke. File:Daniae Gerardus Mercator Henricus Hondius 37 44.jpg|Denmark 17th-century </Gallery>