Keere van den: Hendrick, Colette and Pieter

16th–17th century Amsterdam publishers who worked closely with other mapmakers, engravers and publishers of the period. Engraver Hendrick van den Keere’s (died c. 1580) daughter, Colette, married one of his apprentices: Jodocus Hondius  (the Elder). Pieter (1571–c. 1646), Colette’s brother, was a copper plate engraver (trained by his brother-in-law, Jodocus Hondius), globe publisher and bookseller. He was also the step-brother of Petrus Bertius (having married his sister), and uncle    
of Abraham Goos. Pieter created, in 1595, along with Jodocus Hondius, “Nova totius Europae descriptio” a wall chart in 15 sheets. Another of his many productions were the engravings for the “Atlas Minor Gerardi Mercatoris…” which he did in 1628  for Janssonius, published in editions through 1662.