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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:
Amsterdam / 1609 circa
Size:
71.5 x 52 inches
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See Description
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100699
Place/Date:
Venice / 1646
Size:
55 x 40 inches
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See Description
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89862
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1660 circa
Size:
21.5 x 15 inches
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VG
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77366
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1605
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21 x 16 inches
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VG
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84008
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1630
Size:
22 x 18 inches
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VG
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100400
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1621 (1635)
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21.5 x 16 inches
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VG
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94106
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1630
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22 x 16 inches
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VG
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99439
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
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22 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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63895op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
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22 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
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78949
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
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19 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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93234
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
20 x 15.5 inches
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VG+
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91974
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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39110mp2
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Amsterdam / 1640 circa
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21 x 15.5 inches
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VG+
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73879
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
19.5 x 16 inches
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VG
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93118
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1650 circa
Size:
21 x 15.5 inches
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VG
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95352
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1636 circa
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20 x 16 inches
Condition:
Good
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63990op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
Good
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64010op
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Amsterdam / 1640 circa
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19.5 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1640
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19.5 x 15 inches
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94411
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Amsterdam / 1635 circa
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19.5 x 15 inches
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VG
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44499
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Amsterdam / 1634
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19.5 x 15 inches
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VG
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89664
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Amsterdam / 1640 circa
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19 x 15 inches
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VG
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72562
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Amsterdam / 1640 circa
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19.5 x 15 inches
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VG+
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92281
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Amsterdam / 1635
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31.5 x 15.5 inches
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VG
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64768op
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Amsterdam / 1624
Size:
14.5 x 10 inches
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VG+
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40362se

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Amsterdam / 1621
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35.5 x 27.5 inches
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Amsterdam / 1621
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35.5 x 27.5 inches
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Amsterdam / 1617
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22 x 16 inches
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Amsterdam / 1621
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Venice / 1646
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55 x 40 inches
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Amsterdam / 1662
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21.5 x 16 inches
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Amsterdam / 1630
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21.5 x 16.5 inches
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Amsterdam / 1630
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Amsterdam / 1662
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21.5 x 16 inches
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17039
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Japan / 1750 circa
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42 x 27 inches
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Amsterdam / 1635 circa
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Amsterdam / 1630
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Amsterdam / 1632 circa (1634)
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Amsterdam / 1630
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Amsterdam / 1630
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21.5 x 16.5 inches
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Amsterdam / 1630
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21.5 x 16.5 inches
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Amsterdam / 1630 circa
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Amsterdam / 1635
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21.5 x 16.5 inches
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Amsterdam / 1635
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Amsterdam / 1635
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Amsterdam / 1635
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Amsterdam / 1630
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Amsterdam / 1630 circa
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Amsterdam / 1660 circa
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Amsterdam / 1630 circa
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Amsterdam / 1630 circa
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21.5 x 16 inches
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Amsterdam / 1660 circa
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Amsterdam / 1640
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Amsterdam / 1660 circa
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Amsterdam / 1633
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Amsterdam / 1640
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17289
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1642
Size:
22 x 16 inches
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VG
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26920
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
22 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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11292