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Joan, or Johannes, Blaeu (1596-1673) was the son of Willem Janszoon Blaeu. He inherited his father’s meticulous and striking mapmaking style and continued the Blaeu workshop until it burned in 1672. Initially, Joan trained as a lawyer, but he decided to join his father’s business rather than practice.
After his father’s death in 1638, Joan and his brother, Cornelis, took over their father’s shop and Joan took on his work as hydrographer to the Dutch East India Company. Joan brought out many important works, including Nova et Accuratissima Terrarum Orbis Tabula, a world map to commemorate the Peace of Westphalia which brought news of Abel Tasman’s voyages in the Pacific to the attention of Europe. This map was used as a template for the world map set in the floor of the Amsterdam Town Hall, the Groote Burger-Zaal, in 1655.
Joan also modified and greatly expanded his father’s Atlas novus, first published in 1635. All the while, Joan was honing his own atlas. He published the Atlas maior between 1662 and 1672. It is one of the most sought-after atlases by collectors and institutions today due to the attention to the detail, quality, and beauty of the maps. He is also known for his town plans and wall maps of the continents. Joan’s productivity slammed to a halt in 1672, when a fire completely destroyed his workshop and stock. Joan died a year later and is buried in the Westerkerk in Amsterdam.
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1665
Size:
21 x 18 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
87998
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1650 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
Fair
Stock#:
90184
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1650 circa
Size:
22 x 19.5 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
95574
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1660 circa
Size:
20.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
39385se
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1647
Size:
20 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
74487
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1704 circa
Size:
10.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
92317
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1650 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
103305
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1647
Size:
20 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
74565
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
44963
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
21.5 x 19.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
81020
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1682
Size:
20.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
89093
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1682
Size:
23 x 18.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
89094
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1682
Size:
20.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
89096
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1682
Size:
21 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
89097
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1682 circa
Size:
20 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
89102
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1646 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
90187
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1645 circa
Size:
19.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
99406
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
103398
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1649
Size:
22.2 x 18.3 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75216
Place/Date:
/ 1649 circa
Size:
20.7 x 15.1 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75421
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1647
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
74339
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1682
Size:
22.5 x 20 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
89098
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1682
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
89099
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1682
Size:
22.5 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
89100
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1660 circa
Size:
22 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
69153
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1650 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
76091
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
19 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
99182
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1682 circa
Size:
33 x 20 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
89104
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
20 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
89533
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1648 circa
Size:
19 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
Stock#:
26195
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
23 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
39595se
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1672
Size:
10.25 x 14 inches Including Text
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
85884
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1682 circa
Size:
24.5 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
89103
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1682
Size:
23 x 19.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
26162
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1680
Size:
21 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
98617
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
99116
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1685 circa
Size:
22 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0211ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655
Size:
19 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
99964
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1688 circa
Size:
21 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0209ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1648 circa
Size:
19 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
34548
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1660 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
41473
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
98621
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
98622
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
98625
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
67827
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1667
Size:
22 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75067
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20.5 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
78393
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1650 circa
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
80133
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1653 circa
Size:
21.5 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
93094
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655
Size:
19.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
99941
Archived
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1647
Size:
Condition:
Stock#:
79268
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
15 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
36771
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1685 circa
Size:
22 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0199ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1685 circa
Size:
21 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0202ops
Place/Date:
n.p. / 1652 circa (20th Cen)
Size:
12 x 3 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
33959
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
23690
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
20 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
23036
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
20 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
23038
Place/Date:
n.p. / 1652 circa (20th Cen)
Size:
12 x 3 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
42265
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
19 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
Fair
Stock#:
75471
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1650 circa
Size:
19.5 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
90186
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
34254
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
34455
Place/Date:
Den Haag / 1724
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
40657
Place/Date:
/ 1650 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
90185
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1685 circa
Size:
22 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0183ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655
Size:
19 x 15.75 inches
Condition:
Fair
Stock#:
75422
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
59056
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
34168
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1682
Size:
21 x 17.25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
89095
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1660 circa
Size:
22 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
23357
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
34185
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
34287
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG-
Stock#:
64871op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1647
Size:
20 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
74304
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1643
Size:
9.25 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
78515
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635
Size:
9.25 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
Stock#:
78527
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
53476
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
63983op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1645 circa
Size:
20.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
56442
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
19 x 15.75 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75606
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1647
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
74383
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1649
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
24694
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1646 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
28082
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
34237
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
34313
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
34345
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
34389
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1680 circa
Size:
21 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
60754ops
[Heightened with Gold Leaf!] Episcopatus Balbastrensis, Ribagorca Comit et Sobrarbe cum Adjecentibus
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1664 circa
Size:
20.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
69195
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1647
Size:
20 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
74024
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655
Size:
19 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75015
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1682
Size:
22.5 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
89305
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1680 circa
Size:
21 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0151ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
19 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75580
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
19.25 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75610
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
34236
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
35145
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
19 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75122
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
19 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75152