Jan Janssonius

In 1612 he married Elisabeth de Hondt, the daughter of Jodocus Hondius and Colette van den Keere.

In 1623 Janssonius owned a bookstore in Frankfurt am Main, later also in Danzig, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Königsberg, Geneva and Lyon.

The eleventh volume was titled Atlas of the Heavens (a type of celestial cartography) by Andreas Cellarius.

After Janssonius's death, the publishing company was continued by his son-in law, Johannes van Waesbergen.

The London bookseller Moses Pitt attempted publication of the Atlas Major in English, but ran out of resources after the fourth volume in 1683.