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Hessel Gerritsz (c. 1581 – buried 4 September 1632) was a Dutch engraver, cartographer, and publisher. He was one of the notable figures in the Golden Age of Netherlandish cartography . Despite strong competition, he is considered by some "unquestionably the chief Dutch cartographer of the 17th century".
Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht. Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht (transl. Chart of the Land of Eendracht) is a 1627 map by Hessel Gerritsz.One of the earliest maps of Australia, it shows what little was then known of the west coast, based on a number of voyages beginning with the 1616 voyage of Dirk Hartog, when he named Eendrachtsland after his ship.
The nearby communities of Hessel and Cedarville on the mainland offer marinas, camping, lodging, restaurants, and shopping. The Les Cheneaux Islands Antique Boat Show & Festival of the Arts has been held on the second Saturday of each August since 1976 in Hessel. It is the world's largest antique wooden boat show.
Hessel is an unincorporated community on M-134 north of Marquette Island, the largest of the Les Cheneaux Islands at It was founded in 1885 by two Swedes and a Norwegian, John and Carl Hessel and John A. Johnson, and a post office was established in September 1888. [ 13 ]
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (German: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel), spelled Hesse-Cassel during its entire existence, [a] also known as the Hessian Palatinate (German: Hessische Pfalz), [2] [3] was a state of the Holy Roman Empire.
The detail of the river’s position on the chart backs up the claim that this is the Ashburton River, which, being at 21 degrees 40 minutes south and 114 degrees 56 east, is almost exactly the latitude as shown on the chart, and given by Hessel Gerritsz as 21 degrees 45 minutes south latitude. [7]
The Hessel School is a former school building located at 3206 West Cedar Street in Hessel, Michigan. It is now a community center. It is now a community center. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
He seems also to have been remarkably and precociously intelligent, creating a map of Russia, which is still preserved. [1] [2] It was edited with some additions by Hessel Gerritsz in Amsterdam, in 1613, and had been reedited until 1665. On the sudden death of Boris the sixteen-year-old was proclaimed tsar (13 April 1605).