Gerard de Jode was an engraver and prolific publisher of maps and atlases in Antwerp. 

He published the engravings of famous artists such as 

and Harmen Muller. De Jode’s greatest work was the 

In 1591, Gerard died and his son, Cornelis de Jode took over his father’s publishing business. Cornelis completed a stunning enlarged edition of his father's atlas, which Gerard had been planning before his death. The atlas includes a series of world map projections and a planisphere inspired by Guillaume Postel. Unfortunately, few original atlases by Gerard de Jode survive, compared to the wealth of work by Abraham Ortelius and 

Black and white upper body portrait of Gerard de Jode