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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 / 1662 circa
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
62838
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1670 (1704)
Size:
39.5 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
92750
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1661
Size:
20 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
95576
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
19 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
47466
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
19 x 15.75 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75559
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21.5 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
83106mp2
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
19.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
41395
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
16.5 x 21 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
65387
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655
Size:
23.5 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
99943
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
19.5 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
78268
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1649 circa
Size:
21.5 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
98512
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
103377
Place/Date:
Amstedam / 1660 circa (1724)
Size:
20.5 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
43844
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20.5 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
78393
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Amsterdam / 1650 circa
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
80133
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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
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1667
Size:
22 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75067
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
67827
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Amsterdam / 1688 circa
Size:
21 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0209ops
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Amsterdam / 1648 circa
Size:
19 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
34548
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Amsterdam / 1660 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
41473
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Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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98621
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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98622
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
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98625
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 / 1682
Size:
23 x 19.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
26162
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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 / 1682 circa
Size:
24.5 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
89103
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:
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 / 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
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Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
19 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
99182
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 / 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
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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
Archived
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
12 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
60249
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Amsterdam / 1635
Size:
19.75 x 12.5 inches inches
Condition:
VG+
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51690
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635
Size:
19.75 x 12.5 inches inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
92570
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Amsterdam / 1690 circa
Size:
22.25 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
47504
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
14.75 x 22.75 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
66852
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655
Size:
21.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
47168
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
47551
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
22656
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655
Size:
21.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
64436
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655
Size:
21.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
blaeuchina
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
44908mp2gc
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
45293
Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu (Heightened with Gold Leaf!)
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
34496bs
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
44107
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
25 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
81263
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
47435
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
25 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71413
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
25 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
80203
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
25 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
62702
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
28525
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
50067
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
55112
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1663
Size:
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
90202
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1670 (1704)
Size:
39.5 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
78953
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
37726
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655
Size:
19.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
27048
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1680 circa
Size:
21 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0218ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1661
Size:
21 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
23397
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
19 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
41350
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1660 circa
Size:
22.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
62216
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1661
Size:
20 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
67931
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
19.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
50092
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
18 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
26022
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1680 circa
Size:
20 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0155ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
18 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
35367
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1660 circa
Size:
22.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
62312
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
18 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
26012
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
18 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
29137
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
18 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
40754mp2
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1688 circa
Size:
23.5 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0221ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
18 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
35385
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
51009
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
23.5 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
41186
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
20.5 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
64826
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
18 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
36770
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1660 circa
Size:
20.5 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
0152ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
22 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
32728
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1680 circa
Size:
20.5 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
0142ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655
Size:
23.5 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
69458