De Jode Double-Hemi Polar World Map

De Jode, Cornelius (1568-1600). Hemispheriu ab Aequinotctiali Linea,
Ad Circulu Poli Arctici... Ad Circuli Poli A[n]ntartici
Double-page engraved map. Antwerp, 1593.
16 7/8" x 22 3/8" sheet, 31 1/2" x 27 " framed.
A rare Renaissance map of the world on the double hemispherical polar projection; a testament to one of the great cartographic rivalries. This unusual map appeared in Cornelis de Jode's 1593 edition of the Speculum, an atlas initiated by his father, Gerard, in 1578. Gerard De Jode was a contemporary—and rival—of Abraham Ortelius. The publication of his original Speculum was subjected to repeated delays in the granting of the royal privilege probably instigated Ortelius himself, who may have used his important connections to ensure that his Theatrum was launched well before De Jode's atlas. "Despite the difficulties surrounding the publication of the Speculum it must have had a good reputation, and Petrus Montanus mentions it in the same breath with Mercator's Atlas and Ortelius' Theatrum in his preface to Pieter Kaerius' Germaniae inferior" (Wardington Catalogue; Shirley, 184).
Comparable: Christie's, 2015 - $43,750.