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{{short description|Dutch cartographer and publisher (1588–1664)}}
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[[Image:1641 Title page Nieuwen Atlas Janssonius.jpg|thumb|right|1641 Nieuwen Atlas (New Atlas) by Janssonius]]

'''Johannes Janssonius''' (1588, in [[Arnhem]]&nbsp;– buried July 11, 1664, in [[Amsterdam]]; born '''Jan Janszoon'''), also known in English as '''Jan Jansson''', was a Dutch [[cartographer]] and publisher who lived and worked in Amsterdam in the 17th century.

==Biography==
[[File:Johannes Janssonius' mark (1588 – 1664).jpg|thumb|Janssonius' mark (from [[Biblioteca europea di informazione e cultura|BEIC]])]]
Janssonius was born in Arnhem, the son of Jan Janszoon the Elder,<ref>{{cite web|last=Vintage Maps|title=Johannes Janssonius (*1588–†1664)|url=http://www.vintage-maps.com/shop_content.php?language=en&coID=15&manID=19|publisher=Vintage Maps|access-date=2 February 2012}}</ref> a publisher and bookseller. In 1612 he married Elisabeth de Hondt, the daughter of [[Jodocus Hondius]] and [[Colette van den Keere]].<ref>"Venezuela with the Southern Part of New Andalusia". ''Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA''. Retrieved 2023-11-27.</ref> He produced his first maps in 1616 of [[France]] and [[Italy]]. In 1623 Janssonius owned a bookstore in [[Frankfurt am Main]], later also in [[Danzig]], [[Stockholm]], [[Copenhagen]], [[Berlin]], [[Königsberg]], [[Geneva]] and [[Lyon]]. His wife Elisabeth died in 1627 and he married Elisabeth Carlier in 1629. He formed a partnership with his brother in law [[Hendrik Hondius II|Henricus Hondius]],<ref name="egm24" /> and together they published atlases as Mercator/Hondius/Janssonius.

Under the leadership of Janssonius the Hondius Atlas was steadily enlarged. Renamed ''Atlas Novus'', it had three volumes in 1638, one fully dedicated to Italy. In 1646, a fourth volume came out with "English County Maps", a year after a similar issue by [[Joan Blaeu]]. Janssonius' maps are similar to those of Blaeu, and he is often accused of copying from his rival, but many of his maps predate those of Blaeu and/or covered different regions. By 1660, at which point the atlas bore the appropriate name "Atlas Major", there were 11 volumes, containing the work of about a hundred credited authors and engravers. It included a description of "most of the cities of the world" (Townatlas), of the waterworld (Atlas Maritimus in 33 maps), and of the Ancient World (60 maps). The eleventh volume was titled ''Atlas of the Heavens'' (a type of [[celestial cartography]]) by [[Andreas Cellarius]]. Editions were printed in Dutch, Latin, French, and a few times in German.

After Janssonius's death, the publishing company was continued by his son-in law, Johannes van Waesbergen. The London bookseller [[Moses Pitt]] attempted publication of the Atlas Major in English, but ran out of resources after the fourth volume in 1683.

==Selected works==
[[File:Hondius-Jansson America Septentrionalis 1636 UTA.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|''America Septentrionalis'', 1636 (meaning [[septentrional]] or North America, referring to the seven stars of the [[Big Dipper]] or Plough)]]
*''Sueciæ, Norvegiæ et Daniæ Nova Tabula'', [[Amsterdam]] {{circa|1645}}.
*''Tabula exactissima Regnorum Sueciæ et Norvegiæ'' (1636), which replaced [[Henricus Hondius II|Hondius II]] 1613
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*''Episcopatum Stavangriensis, Bergensis et Asloiensis'' [[Amsterdam]] 1636–1642. The first map to show the [[Oslo Fjord]] by name. This map shows Southern [[Norway]] with the Stavanger bishopric and the adjoining area of the [[Bergen, Norway|Bergen]] and [[Oslo]] [[Diocese|bishoprics]].

==See also==
*[[List of cartographers]]
*[[History of cartography]]
*[[Willem Blaeu]]

==References==
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<ref name="egm24">{{cite web |title='Atlas maior' by Blaeu: The result of a true atlas fight |first=Marco |last=van Egmond |date=2024-05-27 |url=https://www.uu.nl/en/special-collections/the-treasury/maps-and-atlases/atlas-maior-by-blaeu |website=Utrecht University |language=en |access-date=2024-10-02 }}</ref>

</references>

== Sources ==
* Peter van der Krogt (ed.): ''Koeman's atlantes Neerlandici'', Vol. 1: ''The folio atlases published by Gerard Mercator, Jodocus Hondius, Henricus Hondius, Johannes Janssonius and their successors'', ’t Goy-Houten 1997, {{ISBN|90-6194-268-3}}

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