Hendrick Doncker (1626 - 1699)

Hendrick Doncker

Hendrick Doncker was a Dutch cartographer and publisher of nautical charts, atlases, and books.

An innovator among the first generation of Dutch cartographers, Doncker worked to produce modern nautical charts, which were valued by sailors and a wide audience for their accuracy and precision. Doncker promptly followed geographical discoveries and achieved success by constantly improving and updating old maps, which was a rarity at the time. His major work is the Zee-Atlas (nautical atlas), which was reprinted for 50 years.