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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 / 1640 circa
Size:
19.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
100099
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 / 1642
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
34610
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1642
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
Fair
Stock#:
65272op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1642
Size:
19.75 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
87994
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1642
Size:
19.75 x 16.25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
93324
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1644 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
70460
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1645 circa
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
79435
Place/Date:
Venice / 1646
Size:
55 x 40 inches
Condition:
See Description
Stock#:
89862
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1647
Size:
19 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
64514op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1660 circa
Size:
21.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
77366
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1665 circa
Size:
18 x 14 inches
Condition:
Fair
Stock#:
0051gh
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1688 circa
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0166ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1688
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0161ops

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Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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11960
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
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14953
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
21 x 15.5 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
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21 x 15.5 inches
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Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
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Amsterdam / 1634
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Amsterdam / 1634
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Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
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19.5 x 15 inches
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14960
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
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21 x 16.5 inches
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VG
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14961
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
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21 x 15.5 inches
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Amsterdam / 1634
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Amsterdam / 1634
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19 x 15 inches
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VG
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14964
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Amsterdam / 1634
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14965
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
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20 x 15 inches
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VG
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14977
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
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14981
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
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20 x 15 inches
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VG
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14982
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
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20 x 15 inches
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VG
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14983
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
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20 x 15 inches
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Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
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20 x 15 inches
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VG
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14987
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
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20 x 15 inches
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14988
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
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Condition:
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Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
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VG+
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Amsterdam / 1634
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VG
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Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
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Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
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Amsterdam / 1634
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VG+
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Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
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VG+
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15059
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
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Condition:
VG+
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15060
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Amsterdam / 1634
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VG+
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15061
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Amsterdam / 1634
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Amsterdam / 1634
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Amsterdam / 1634
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15064
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Amsterdam / 1634
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15065
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
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VG
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Amsterdam / 1634
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VG+
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Amsterdam / 1634
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VG+
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Amsterdam / 1634
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Amsterdam / 1634
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VG+
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Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
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20.5 x 16 inches
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VG
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15073
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
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VG
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Amsterdam / 1634
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19.5 x 15.5 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1634
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Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
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Condition:
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