Background
He was born in Gelderland but moved to the Southern Netherlands and later to Amsterdam, where his sons Arnoldus and Henricus were born.
He was born in Gelderland but moved to the Southern Netherlands and later to Amsterdam, where his sons Arnoldus and Henricus were born.
Over the next fifty years, the van Langrens continued to revise and improve their engravings. Petrus Plancius collaborated on the 1589 edition In 1592, the States General granted the Van Langren family a monopoly in the production of globes, which led to quarrels with Jodocus Hondius.
Jacob died in Alkmaar in 1610, where he is buried in the Grote Kerk.