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Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) was a prominent Dutch geographer and publisher. Born the son of a herring merchant, Blaeu chose not fish but mathematics and astronomy for his focus. He studied with the famous Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, with whom he honed his instrument and globe making skills. Blaeu set up shop in Amsterdam, where he sold instruments and globes, published maps, and edited the works of intellectuals like Descartes and Hugo Grotius. In 1635, he released his atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive, Atlas novus.

Willem died in 1638. He had two sons, Cornelis (1610-1648) and Joan (1596-1673). Joan trained as a lawyer, but joined his father’s business rather than practice. After his father’s death, the brothers took over their father’s shop and Joan took on his work as hydrographer to the Dutch East India Company. Later in life, Joan would modify and greatly expand his father’s Atlas novus, eventually releasing his masterpiece, the Atlas maior, between 1662 and 1672.

Place/Date:
Venice / 1646
Size:
55 x 40 inches
Condition:
See Description
Stock#:
89862
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
20 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
89533
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
95502
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
98625
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1688
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0161ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG-
Stock#:
22606
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1642
Size:
21 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
25018
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1642
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
25784
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1623
Size:
14 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
28780
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1688 circa
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0166ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
34423ac
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1624
Size:
14.5 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
39306se
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1665 circa
Size:
18 x 14 inches
Condition:
Fair
Stock#:
0051gh
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1642
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
34610
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
39110mp2
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1623 circa
Size:
14.5 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
39414se
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1624
Size:
14.5 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
40362se
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
53057
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
15 x 19.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
44124
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
44499
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
54368
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
53713
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
53342
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
52281
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
54440
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
21 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
57811
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1629 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
61367
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635
Size:
9.5 x 7 inches (plust text)
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
62751
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
22 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
63895op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
63966op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1636 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
63990op

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Place/Date:
Venice / 1646
Size:
55 x 40 inches
Condition:
See Description
Stock#:
89861
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1663
Size:
24 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
9111
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1700 circa
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
16528
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
53476
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
59056
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
63983op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1636
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
88005
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1613 (1635 ca)
Size:
30 x 29.5 inches and 12.5 x 29.5
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
25991
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1613 (1635 ca)
Size:
30 x 29.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
49274
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1613 (1635)
Size:
30 x 29.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
53272
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1613 (1635)
Size:
30 x 29.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
60133
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1632 circa (1634)
Size:
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
67908
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1613 (1635)
Size:
30 x 29.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
74017
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1647
Size:
18 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
16203
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1647
Size:
18 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
16300
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1647
Size:
18 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
30913
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1647 circa
Size:
18 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
34779
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1700 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
0009fm
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1700 circa
Size:
19 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0253gh
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1663 (1724)
Size:
21.7 x 21.3 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
36967
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1663 (1724)
Size:
21.7 x 21.3 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
40680
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1663 (1724)
Size:
21.7 x 21.3 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
44119
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1663 (1724)
Size:
21.5 x 21.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
57694
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1663 (1724)
Size:
22 x 21.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75720
Place/Date:
Japan / 1750 circa
Size:
42 x 27 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
62272
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1685 circa
Size:
22 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0201ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1688 circa
Size:
22 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
Stock#:
0223ops