The Atlas Maior is the final version of Joan Blaeu 's atlas, published in Amsterdam between 1662 and 1672, in Latin (11 volumes), French (12 volumes), Dutch (9 volumes), German (10 …

The Blaeu Atlas Maior or Cosmographia Blaviana is one of the largest and most splendid of the multi-volume Dutch world atlases. Published in 1662-5, its 594 maps and 3,368 pages of texts …

The book commonly known as Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, the fifth volume of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Sive Atlas Novus, is the first known atlas of Scotland and Ireland. [1] . It was …

The first Atlas of Scotland, containing 49 engraved maps and 154 pages of descriptive text, translated from Latin into English for the first time. Read about the Atlas:

Utrecht University Library houses two beautiful editions in the Dutch language of the Atlas maior. In Blaeu's time Amsterdam developed into the centre of international trade, overseas …

In 1654, Blaeu published the first atlas of Scotland, devised by Timothy Pont. Blaeu was fiercely competitive with his contemporary Johannes Janssonius as to which of them could make an …

2024年7月3日 · This resource guide compiles a list of maps, atlases, digital images and published reference sources at the Library of Congress about the 17th century Dutch publisher, Willem …

One of the largest and most splendid of the multi-volume Dutch world atlases. This volume was published in 1662-5, covering the whole known world in 594 maps and 3,368 pages of texts. …

2022年4月1日 · Blaeu's 11 volume Atlas Maior is considered by many to be the greatest atlas ever published, both in its own time and even today. It excels in comprehensiveness, …

Superlatives flounder in the face of Joan Blaeu’s Atlas Maior, one of the most extravagant feats in the history of mapmaking. This stunning edition is based on the Austrian National Library’s …