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Joan or Johannes Blaeu was born in the city of Alkmar in the Netherlands. When he was seven years old, the family moved to Amsterdam. His father, Willem Jansoon Blaeu, a pupil of Tycho Brahe, was a cartographer and engraver who specialized in the production of globes and atlases. The young Blaeu later also embarked on this career. Nothing is known about his youth and his education. One only knows that he became a doctor of law at the age of only 24 years. However, he does not seem to have worked as a lawyer, but to have been active in his father's business. When Ala died in 1638, his sons Joan and Cornelis took over his father's company and Joan Blaeu became the managing director and officially appointed cartographer of the Dutch East India Company. In 1940 he published the first three volumes of the world-famous Novus Atlas "theatrum orbis terrarum sive" and in 1645 and 1654 further supplementary volumes followed. The Novus Atlas with its beautifully coloured copper engraved maps established the international fame of Johannes Blaeu.
Shortly afterwards, the publisher and artist began an even more ambitious project, the Atlas Major. The large eleven-volume edition contained almost 600 maps of the entire world known at that time. In addition there were about 3000 pages of text with descriptions of the different countries. Every single map was provided with a richly decorated cartouche and with drawings of allegorical figures. Depending on what the customers wanted, the sheets, which were actually printed in black and white, were also hand-coloured, gilded and lavishly bound in parchment or leather. It was even possible to purchase specially made bookcases for them. The Atlas Major was the cartographic masterpiece of the Renaissance and very precious and correspondingly expensive. It was one of the most expensive publications at that time. Today it is a very rare antiquarian rarity. Besides the Novum Atlas and the Atlas Major, Johannes Blaeu also published many city maps, mainly of the Netherlands as well as Belgium and Luxembourg, which belonged to the Netherlands at that time. In 1672 a devastating fire destroyed Johannes Blaeu's factory and the entire Spanish language edition of the Atala Major. He never recovered from this severe blow and died the following year.
Joan or Johannes Blaeu was born in the city of Alkmar in the Netherlands. When he was seven years old, the family moved to Amsterdam. His father, Willem Jansoon Blaeu, a pupil of Tycho Brahe, was a cartographer and engraver who specialized in the production of globes and atlases. The young Blaeu later also embarked on this career. Nothing is known about his youth and his education. One only knows that he became a doctor of law at the age of only 24 years. However, he does not seem to have worked as a lawyer, but to have been active in his father's business. When Ala died in 1638, his sons Joan and Cornelis took over his father's company and Joan Blaeu became the managing director and officially appointed cartographer of the Dutch East India Company. In 1940 he published the first three volumes of the world-famous Novus Atlas "theatrum orbis terrarum sive" and in 1645 and 1654 further supplementary volumes followed. The Novus Atlas with its beautifully coloured copper engraved maps established the international fame of Johannes Blaeu.
Shortly afterwards, the publisher and artist began an even more ambitious project, the Atlas Major. The large eleven-volume edition contained almost 600 maps of the entire world known at that time. In addition there were about 3000 pages of text with descriptions of the different countries. Every single map was provided with a richly decorated cartouche and with drawings of allegorical figures. Depending on what the customers wanted, the sheets, which were actually printed in black and white, were also hand-coloured, gilded and lavishly bound in parchment or leather. It was even possible to purchase specially made bookcases for them. The Atlas Major was the cartographic masterpiece of the Renaissance and very precious and correspondingly expensive. It was one of the most expensive publications at that time. Today it is a very rare antiquarian rarity. Besides the Novum Atlas and the Atlas Major, Johannes Blaeu also published many city maps, mainly of the Netherlands as well as Belgium and Luxembourg, which belonged to the Netherlands at that time. In 1672 a devastating fire destroyed Johannes Blaeu's factory and the entire Spanish language edition of the Atala Major. He never recovered from this severe blow and died the following year.
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.jpg "General View of the Observatory of Uraniborg, constructed c.1584 by Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) on the island of Hven, Denmark from")
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.jpg "Map of the Gold-Bearing Regions in Peru by Joan Blaeu")
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_in_his_observatory_in_Uranienburg_-_-_(MeisterDrucke-1054102).jpg "Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546 - 1601) in his observatory in Uranienburg - colour engraving by Atlas Major Ssive and cosmographed Blavania labores and sumptibus by Johannis Blaev by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of New Belgium and New England by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Europe 1686 by Joan Blaeu by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Europe Map From: Atlas Maior by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Assisi from Theatrum Civitates et Admirandorum Italiae by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Frankfurt and the Surrounding Area, from")
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.jpg "Double hemisphere map of the World by Joan Blaeu")
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_Bologna_Bologna_Emilia-Romagna_Italy_cop_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110462).jpg "The Two Towers (Asinelli and Garisenda), Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, copper engraving by Joan Blaeu")
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 aged 40 amongst his astronomical ins - (MeisterDrucke-302088).jpg "Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) Aged 40, Amongst His Astronomical Instruments, from the")
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.jpg "Livonia Map, Vulgo Lyefland, Atlas Maior by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Tycho Brahe, Danish Astronomer by Joan Blaeu")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-153535).jpg "Map of Cambridgeshire, published Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Great Equatorial Armillary Sphere by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Wind rose with the 32 winds of the world, from the")
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.jpg "Plan of the Castle and Observatory of Uraniborg, Constructed c.1584 by Tycho Brahe on the Island of Hven, Denmark from")
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.jpg "The San Petronio Basilica in Piazza Maggiore, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Africa in 1686 by Joan Blaeu by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map depicting the East Coast of North America by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Ghent, Belgium; from Atlas van Loon by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Gubbio, Italy, from Theatrum Civitates et Admirandorum Italiae by Joan Blaeu, Engraving by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Tabula Magellanica: Map of Strait of Magellan by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "The Four Elements: Fire, Air, Water and Earth by Joan Blaeu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1430795).jpg "The Moscow Kremlin Map of the 16th century by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of the World. Double Hemisphere by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Rome, Engraving from Theatrum Civitates et Admirandorum Italiae by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Double Hemisphere Map of the World, 1662 by Joan Blaeu")
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 from the Atlas Major c1630 - (MeisterDrucke-190998).jpg "An Orrery designed by Tycho Brahe from the")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-174047).jpg "City of Dunkirk during the Spanish domination: plan showing the coastal defences, castle, and bastion fortifications by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Calabria region by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Bologna, from Theatrum Civitates et Admirandorum Italiae (detail) by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "The Villa d")
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.jpg "Antique Map of Daphne from the")
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_printed_in_1686_-_(MeisterDrucke-1109224).jpg "Map of Asia from the Atlas by Joan Blaeu by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Perugia, Umbria, from Theatrum Civitatum et Admirandorum Italiae by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "The Circus Maximus From the Atlas Van Loon by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Turin, from Theatrum Sabaudiae, engraving by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "An Orrery Designed by the Danish Astronomer Tycho Brahe by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of The Hague by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "The Sun and the Stars Guiding the Sailors on Their Way, from the")
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.jpg "The City of Dunkirk during the Spanish occupation, published in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of China, from \"Atlas Maior Sive Cosmographia Blaviana\" by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "The Inner Courtyard of the Archiginnasio Palace, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Copper Engraving by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "View of Villa d")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1105885).jpg "The Gulf of Siam, c.1679 by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Narni from Theatrum civitatum et admirandorum Italiae by Joan Blaeu, engraving by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Tycho Brahe")
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_print_from_Theatrum_Civitatum_et_Admirando_-_(MeisterDrucke-1109188).jpg "Map of Rome, by Joan Blaeu (1596-1673), print from Theatrum Civitatum et Admirandorum Italiae, ad Aevi Veteris et Praesentis Temporis Faciem Expressum, Italy by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Virginia and Florida by Joan Blaeu")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-169491).jpg "Venlo, 1649 by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "San Petronio Cathedral in Venice, Print by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Turin from Theatrum Sabaudiae by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Plan and View of the Towns and Buildings of Holland and the Low Countries by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Perspective View of Ostia City and Port, Lazio, Italy, copper engraving by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "View of Antique Thessaly from the")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-198860).jpg "Lier by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "The Siege of Turin in 1639, Color Engraving from Theatrum Sabaudiae by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "View of inner courtyard of old University in Bologna, Joan Blaeu, engraving, Italy by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Sicily region by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Velletri from Theatrum civitatum et admirandorum Italiae by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Tycho Brahe")
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.jpg "The Equatorial Armillary of Tycho Brahe, 16th Century by Joan Blaeu")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-188947).jpg "Cambrai by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Iceland, from")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-183516).jpg "The Benedictine Abbey of St Winnock, Bergen, Netherlands, 1649 by Joan Blaeu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-319851).jpg "Chart of Sumatra, 1653 by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Island Named Jan Mayen by Joan Blaeu")
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_Danish_astronomer_in_his_observatory_E_-_(MeisterDrucke-1058309).jpg "Representation of Tycho Brahe in His Observatory by Joan Blaeu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1115258).jpg "Map of China, By Joan Blaeu by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Europe by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Viterbo by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "View of the San Michele in Bosco Monastery, Bologna, Italy by Joan Blaeu")
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_print_from_The_-_(MeisterDrucke-1119846).jpg "The Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna, Print from Theatrum Civitatum et Admirandorum Italiae by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Norcia from Theatrum civitatum et admirandorum Italiae by Joan Blaeu, engraving by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "The Moscow Kremlin Map of the 16th century Castellum Urbis Moskvae by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Theater of the Cities of the United Netherlands, with Their Descriptions by Joan Blaeu")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-290003).jpg "Bergen, Netherlands, 1649 by Joan Blaeu")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-295940).jpg "Roermond by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "View of old square in Bologna, engraving by Giacomo Lauro and Joan Blaeu from Theatrum civitatum et admirandorum Italiae, published in Amsterdam in 1663 by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of America Created by Joan Blaeu by Joan Blaeu")
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_c_-_(MeisterDrucke-1107956).jpg "Gold Yielding Regions of Peru, Volume VII, Atlas Maior, by Joan Blaeu by Joan Blaeu")
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_c1600_(engr_-_(MeisterDrucke-1430796).jpg "The Moscow Kremlin Map of the 16th century, c.1600 by Joan Blaeu")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-304779).jpg "Douai, 1649 by Joan Blaeu")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-152371).jpg "Tienen by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Quadrans Magnus Chalibeus Page from the Atlas Major by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "An Allegorical Plate with Title, Geographia Blaviana by Joan Blaeu")
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_Italy_-_(MeisterDrucke-1119308).jpg "Map of Racconigi, Engraving by Joan Blaeu, Italy by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of East Prussia by Joan Blaeu")
.jpg "Italy, Map of Pesaro, from Theatrum civitatum et admirandorum Italiae by Joan Blaeu, engraving by Joan Blaeu")
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.jpg "Map of Spoleto by Joan Blaeu")