Cornelis de Jode was a cartographer, engraver and publisher from Antwerp. He was the son of Gerard de Jode

Gerard de Jode

Gerard de Jode was a cartographer, engraver and publisher who lived and worked in Antwerp during the 16th century. He was born in Nijmegen and died in Antwerp. In 1547 he was admitted to the Guild of St. Luke, and began his work as a publisher/printseller...

, also a cartographer. Cornelis studied science at Academy of Douai

University of Douai

The University of Douai is a former university in Douai, France. With a Middle Ages heritage of scholar activities in Douai, the university was established in 1559 and lectures started in 1562. It closed from 1795 to 1808...

When his father died in 1591, Cornelis de Jode took over the work on his father's uncompleted altas, which he eventually published in 1593 as Speculum Orbis Terrae

Speculum Orbis Terrae

Speculum Orbis Terrae , was an atlas published by Cornelis de Jode in Antwerp 1593. The atlas was largely a continuation of his father's unfinished works at his death in 1591. Contemporary scholars consider many of de Jode's maps to be superior both in detail and style to those of the competing...

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Despite that contemporary scholars consider many of de Jode's maps to be superior both in detail and style to those of the competing atlas of the time Theatrum by Ortelius, de Jode's atlas never sold well.

After his death, the engraving plates were sold to J. B. Vrients (who also owned the Ortelius plates), and the complete work was not published again.