Jacob van Langren[a] (c. 1525 – 27 July 1610) was a Dutch cartographer and globe-maker who established a family dynasty of three generations in those professions.
[2] Over the next fifty years, the van Langrens continued to revise and improve their engravings; Petrus Plancius collaborated on the 1589 edition.
[citation needed] 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.
[3] His grandson Michael van Langren was also a cartographer.