‘Beeldesynder’ literally translated means ‘image maker’ but in this context probably meant ‘picture engraver’. (See Figure 2).įigure 2: The ‘Oosterscher Zee’ map by Jan van Hoirne (Antwerp, 1526) The significance of Hoorn to the map is emphasised with its location serving as the epicentre of the map’s compass. Located 35km north of Amsterdam with a harbour on the Netherlands’ large and distinctive shallow bay, the Zuiderzee, Hoorn eventually became an important base for the Dutch East India Company in the seventeenth century. (The town’s name was appropriated for one of the world’s most famous headlands - Cape Horn).
Hoorn is a town in the province North Holland. Not a great deal is known about the map maker, Jan van Hoirne, himself, although the individual has also been also known under different variations of the name including: Johannes à Hoorn Ioannes à Horn Jan van Hoirne Jan de Beeldesnyder and, Jan de Beeldesnyder van Hoorn. The woodcut map was discovered in around 1950 in the archives of the Rijksarchief in Groningen, Netherlands, where it remains and can be viewed to this day.įigure 1: The ‘Oosterscher Zee’ map by Jan van Hoirne (Antwerp, 1526) The Oosterscher Zee map by Jan van Hoirne is one of the earliest surviving examples of north European sea charts to represent fishing.
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