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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 / 1665 circa
Size:
18 x 14 inches
Condition:
Fair
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Amsterdam / 1624
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14.5 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG+
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40362se
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1642
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20 x 15 inches
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VG+
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25784
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1623
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14 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG
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28780
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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52281
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1642
Size:
21 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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25018
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635
Size:
9.5 x 7 inches (plust text)
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VG+
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62751
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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64229op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19.5 x 16 inches
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See Description
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Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
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VG
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64438op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
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VG
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64460op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1647
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19 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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64514op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
Good
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64274op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
19 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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64721op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635
Size:
31.5 x 15.5 inches
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VG
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64768op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
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19.5 x 15 inches
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VG+
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Amsterdam / 1688 circa
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20 x 15 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1642
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20 x 15 inches
Condition:
Fair
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Amsterdam / 1640 circa
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20 x 15 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
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19.5 x 15 inches
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VG+
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Amsterdam / 1640
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19.5 x 15.5 inches
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VG
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64488op
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Amsterdam / 1635
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19 x 15 inches
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VG
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64788op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640
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21.5 x 14.5 inches
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VG+
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65069op
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Amsterdam / 1623
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14 x 10 inches
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VG
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75286
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Amsterdam / 1623
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14 x 10.25 inches
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VG
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Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1636
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19 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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63981op
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Amsterdam / 1645 circa
Size:
20 x 15 inches
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VG+
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79435
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Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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34423ac
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
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20.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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64230op
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635
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19.5 x 15 inches
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VG+
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53057
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
20 x 15 inches
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VG+
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83608
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Amsterdam / 1644 circa
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19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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70460
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Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
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VG
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87761
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Amsterdam / 1623 circa
Size:
14 x 10.2 inches
Condition:
VG
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75203
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1623 circa
Size:
14 x 10 inches
Condition:
Good
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75344
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1623 circa
Size:
13.75 x 10.1 inches
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VG
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75148

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Amsterdam / 1640
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Amsterdam / 1638
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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 / 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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20 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1640
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20 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1640
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20 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1640
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20 x 16 inches
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Amsterdam / 1640
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20 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1640
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20 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1640
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20 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1640
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20 x 15 inches
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Amsterdam / 1634
Size:
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Amsterdam / 1636
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21 x 15 inches
Condition:
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20 x 15 inches
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20 x 15 inches
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