Willem Janszoon Blaeu (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləm ˈjɑnsoːm ˈblʌu]; 1571 – 21 October 1638), also abbreviated to Willem Jansz. Blaeu, was a Dutch cartographer...
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Dutch cartographer born in Alkmaar, the son of cartographer Willem Blaeu. In 1620, Blaeu became a doctor of law but he joined in the work of his father...
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Atlas Maior (redirect from Atlas Blaeu)
Dutch/Netherlandish cartography (approximately 1570s–1670s). Somewhere around 1604 Willem Blaeu settled down in Amsterdam and opened a shop on the Damrak, where he produced...
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Willem Blaeu Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, by Joan Blaeu, published in 1654 Atlas Blaeu or Atlas Maior, by Joan Blaeu, published in 1635 Stedenboek Blaeu or...
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century, Cetus was depicted as a "dragon fish" by Johann Bayer. Both Willem Blaeu and Andreas Cellarius depicted Cetus as a whale-like creature in the...
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the 14th/15th-century Arabic astrology text Book of Wonders Gemini by Willem Blaeu, 1602 White and Black Geminis by Arija, 1904 Astronomical symbols Chinese...
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cartographers Gerardus Mercator and Jodocus Hondius. Some early maps by Willem Blaeu, such as his 1617 map of Europe, omit it, but it reappeared on his 1630...
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Hermosa), Luzon and part of the Chinese coast. Willem Janszoon Blaeu (Netherlands, 1571–1638), father of Joan Blaeu Giovanni Battista Boazio, mapped Sir Francis...
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Massa, Isaac (1645). "Russiæ, vulgo Moscovia, pars australis". In Blaeu, Willem; Blaeu, Joan (eds.). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus in quo Tabulæ...
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Detailed map of the principality from the first half of the 17th century from the Atlas of 1627 of Willem Blaeu. North is at the bottom....
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