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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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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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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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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cartographer Jodocus Hondius (1563–1612), Flemish-Dutch cartographer Willem Blaeu (1571–1638), Dutch cartographer Jan Leeghwater (1575–1650), hydraulic...
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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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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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stella nova in the foot of Ophiuchus Hercules and Ophiuchus, 1602 by Willem Blaeu Ophiuchus contains several star clusters, such as IC 4665, NGC 6633,...
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in 1620. In 1625, Reijnier was involved in a fight with a soldier named Willem van Bylandt who died from his wounds five months later. Around this time...
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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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Granatense et Popayan. It belongs to the early group of plates printed by Willem Blaeu from 1630 onwards. The property called Terra Firma was the Isthmus of...
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Early map of the Maluku Islands made during the Age of Discovery, by Willem Blaeu, 1630. North is on the right, with Ternate as the rightmost followed...
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poet Willem Blaeu (1571–1638), Dutch cartographer, atlas maker, and publisher Willem Boy (1520–1592), Flemish painter, sculptor, and architect Willem Breuker...
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Map depicting the Colony of Virginia (according to the Second Charter), made by Willem Blaeu between 1609 and 1638...
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graphic form on the celestial globes of Petrus Plancius, Hondius, and Willem Blaeu. It was first published in tabular form in Johannes Kepler's Rudolphine...
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Florisz. van Berckenrode [nl], was published in 1620 and reprinted by Willem Blaeu in 1621; it also appears in Vermeer's Officer and Laughing Girl. The...
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surveyor, cartographer, military engineer and burgomaster of Alkmaar Willem Blaeu (1571–1638) a Dutch cartographer, atlas maker and publisher Adriaan Metius...
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they continued to appear on Arctic maps published by Jan Janssonius and Willem Blaeu at least into the 1640s. A (erroneous) claim propagated in 1612 held...
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Map of Europe with the Catalan Republic (c. 1641) by Willem Blaeu....
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Amsterdam printing house of Willem Blaeu as a wall map from 1613 to 1650s. It was also included in atlases published by Blaeu as a foldable insert in 1631–1649...
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they continued to appear on Arctic maps published by Jan Janssonius and Willem Blaeu at least into the 1640s. Macsinof Island also appears as Macsin or Matsyn...
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"Moluccæ Insulæ Celeberrimæ", a map by Willem Blaeu first published in 1630 of the Moluccas....
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cartography was based on globes from the famous cartographers Willem Blaeu and Joan Blaeu from Amsterdam. A small hatch permitted entry into the Globe...
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the 1590s, and they continued to appear on maps by Jan Janssonius and Willem Blaeu into the 1640s. By the 17th century, traders had established a continuous...
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Tradescant the elder, English botanist (born c. 1570s) October 21 – Willem Blaeu, Dutch cartographer (born 1571) October 29 – Adrian von Mynsicht, German...
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African region covered the landscape as presented by a Dutch cartographer Willem Blaeu's work, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1635). The later derivative Kaffraria...
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