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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.
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Amsterdam / 1640
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18.5 x 13.75 inches
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Amsterdam / 1630
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19.5 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1630
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19.5 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1640
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20.5 x 16.5 inches
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Amsterdam / 1631 circa
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19 x 14.5 inches
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VG
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100104
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Amsterdam / 1631
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19 x 14.5 inches
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100103
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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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100100
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Amsterdam / 1640 circa
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19.5 x 14.5 inches
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VG
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100099
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Amsterdam / 1630
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22 x 18 inches
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100400
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Amsterdam / 1688
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19.5 x 15 inches
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VG
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Bologna? / 1673 circa
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42.25 x 32.25 inches
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Amsterdam / 1613 (1645)
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29 x 29.5 inches
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VG
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93184
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Amsterdam / 1640 circa
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20 x 16.5 inches
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Amsterdam / 1640 circa
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19.5 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1640 circa
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19.5 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1635 circa
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19.5 x 15 inches
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103398
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Amsterdam / 1695 circa
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39 x 32 inches
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VG
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Venice / 1646
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55 x 40 inches
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Amsterdam / 1634
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19.5 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1660
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Amsterdam / 1640
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20 x 16 inches
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Amsterdam / 1640
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Amsterdam / 1636
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20 x 16 inches
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Amsterdam / 1662
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20 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1634
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19.5 x 15 inches
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15531
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Amsterdam / 1640
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22 x 16 inches
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Amsterdam / 1662
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16.5 x 10 inches
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Amsterdam / 1640
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20 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1630
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21 x 15.5 inches
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Amsterdam / 1629
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19.5 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1630
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21 x 17.5 inches
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Amsterdam / 1647
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10 x 16 inches
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Amsterdam / 1630
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21.5 x 16.5 inches
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Amsterdam / 1634
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20 x 16 inches
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Amsterdam / 1630
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21 x 17.5 inches
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Amsterdam / 1635
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Amsterdam / 1640
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Amsterdam / 1640
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20 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1640
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VG
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Amsterdam / 1630
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21 x 17.5 inches
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Amsterdam / 1633
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22 x 16 inches
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Amsterdam / 1662
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19 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1650
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21 x 15.5 inches
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Amsterdam / 1662
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19.5 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1640
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20 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1645
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Amsterdam / 1630
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21 x 17.5 inches
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Amsterdam / 1640
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Amsterdam / 1640
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Amsterdam / 1635
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Amsterdam / 1640
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Amsterdam / 1640
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Amsterdam / 1640
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Amsterdam / 1640
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Amsterdam / 1630 (1638)
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Amsterdam / 1641
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Amsterdam / 1630
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20 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1630
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Amsterdam / 1640
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Amsterdam / 1640
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20 x 15 inches
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3721
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Amsterdam / 1640
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3930
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Amsterdam / 1662
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20 x 15 inches
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3956
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Amsterdam / 1648
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20 x 15 inches
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3986
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Amsterdam / 1635
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4371
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Amsterdam / 1640
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20 x 15 inches
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VG
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Amsterdam / 1640
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20 x 16 inches
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4428
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Amsterdam / 1662
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21 x 17 inches
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4429
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Amsterdam / 1636
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VG
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4838