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Hondius can refer to two possibly unrelated families of engravers and cartographers, who both moved from Flanders to the Dutch Republic in the 1590s:

  • Amsterdam family originating from Ghent:
    • Jodocus Hondius (1563–1612)
    • Jodocus Hondius II (1593–1629), first son of Jodocus I
    • Hendrik Hondius II (1597–1651), second son of Jodocus I
  • The Hague family originating from Duffel:
    • Hendrik Hondius I (1573–1650)
    • Willem Hondius (c. 1598–1650s), one of his sons