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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 / 1620 circa
Size:
22 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG
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52231
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
22 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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63895op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
22 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
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78949
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
19 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
93234
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1630
Size:
22 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
99439
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1621 (1635)
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
94106
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1630 circa
Size:
22 x 16.25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
99236
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1613 (1645)
Size:
29 x 29.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
93184
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1605
Size:
21 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
84008
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1630
Size:
22 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
100400
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1660 circa
Size:
21.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
77366
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
15 x 23 inches (binding size)
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
99196
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75672
(Second State!) Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula auct: Gul: Janssonio.
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1606
Size:
21.5 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
97434
Place/Date:
Venice / 1646
Size:
55 x 40 inches
Condition:
See Description
Stock#:
89862
Place/Date:
Bologna? / 1673 circa
Size:
42.25 x 32.25 inches
Condition:
See Description
Stock#:
81465
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1695 circa
Size:
39 x 32 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
46848
Archived
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1636
Size:
19 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
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5046
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1636
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
6175
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1642
Size:
19.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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23856
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
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25744
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1642
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
25914
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
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28051
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1688 circa
Size:
23 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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0181ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1688 circa
Size:
19 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0196ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635
Size:
16 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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43819
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
53523
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
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53305
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
52475
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635
Size:
19 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
64787op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634 circa
Size:
19 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
99224
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1650
Size:
16 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
43836
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1647
Size:
20 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG-
Stock#:
11551
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
13904
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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9863
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
16 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
20485
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1642
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
23916
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1642
Size:
22 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
24022
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
24666
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1642
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
42612
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
59056
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1628
Size:
20.75 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
64105op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1650
Size:
16 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
25713
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
15065
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
15073
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
15133
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
15136
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1642
Size:
18 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
23817
Lacus Lemanni Locorumque Circumiacentium Accuratissima Descriptio Auctore Iacobo Goulartio Genevensi
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1642
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
25005
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
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15129
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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1817
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1638
Size:
19 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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5657
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
41662
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1650
Size:
16 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
43858
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1658
Size:
10.5 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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44556
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1631
Size:
17 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
43662
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
49008
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
18 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
53259
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
52547
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
65036
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
63952op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
64843op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71001
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
80045
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1623
Size:
14 x 10.25 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
75352
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
74879
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1648
Size:
9.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
78423