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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:
Amstedam / 1660 circa (1724)
Size:
20.5 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
43844
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#:
98625
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
19 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
99182
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1661
Size:
20 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
95576
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1640 circa
Size:
19 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
99116
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1645 circa
Size:
19.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
99406
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655
Size:
19 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
99964
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655
Size:
19.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
99941
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655
Size:
23.5 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
99943
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1690 circa
Size:
22 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
91579
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75532

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Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1645 circa
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
39337
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Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
23.5 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
41186
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
20 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
23036
Place/Date:
n.p. / 1652 circa (??)
Size:
12 x 3 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
40494
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
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41888
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n.p. / 1652 circa (20th Cen)
Size:
12 x 3 inches
Condition:
VG
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42265
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Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
19 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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41350
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Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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43931
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
44107
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
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Amsterdam / 1662 circa
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20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
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34168
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
45293
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
47551
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
19.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
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49539
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1690 circa
Size:
22.25 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
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47504
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
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34185
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
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34254
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662 circa
Size:
20 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
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34455
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
19.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
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50092
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
19.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
43111
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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47435
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
18 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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35385
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
55112
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1645 circa
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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38720
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1645 circa
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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38593
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Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
56394
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1645 circa
Size:
20.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
56442
Place/Date:
Den Haag / 1724
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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40657
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1660 circa
Size:
20.5 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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0152ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1660 circa
Size:
21 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG+
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28076
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
22 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
25960
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Amsterdam / 1640
Size:
20.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
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53476
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Amsterdam / 1680 circa
Size:
21 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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60754ops
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655
Size:
21.5 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
blaeuchina
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1660 circa
Size:
22.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
62216
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1660 circa
Size:
22.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
62312
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#:
50067
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1662
Size:
12 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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60249
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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44529
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Amsterdam / 1640 circa
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19 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG-
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Amsterdam / 1680 circa
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21 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
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Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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65029
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1635 circa
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
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Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1655 circa
Size:
19.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
43007