Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1571 - 1638-10-21
Biography
Willem Janszoon Blaeu, also abbreviated to Willem Jansz. Blaeu, was a Dutch cartographer, atlas maker and publisher. Along with his son Johannes Blaeu, Willem is considered one of the notable figures of the Netherlandish/Dutch school of cartography in its golden age.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Il Cadorino, approximately 1630
Item — Map-case 4, drawer: 1, map: 8
Identifier: 1500.026.4.1.8
Scope and Contents
Map featuring the Italian region Cadoe and Balluno, in the Veneto.. Latin text on verso.
Originally from "Atlantis maioris appendix", Johannes Janssonius, 1630.
Thought to have been removed from Willem and Joan Blaeu's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Vol. 2. This map was one of Blaeu's first atlas maps, appearing in his first Appendix in 1630. On verso is Latin text.
Dates:
approximately 1630
Il Cadorino, approximately 1630, recto
Digital Image
Identifier: 1500-026-4-1-8r
Dates:
approximately 1630; Digitized: 201-10-03
Il Cadorino, approximately 1630, verso
Digital Image
Identifier: 1500-026-4-1-8v
Dates:
approximately 1630; translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.digitzed: 2019-10-03
Osnabrugensis Episcopatus. Auctore Ioanne Gigante, approximately 1630
Item — Map-case 4, drawer: 1, map: 7
Identifier: 1500.026.4.1.7
Scope and Contents
Disbound partially hand-colored copper engraving map. Relief of the region around Osnabrück, decorated with a title cartouche; shown pictorially with mileage scale. Includes eight coats-of-arms and dedication to Francisco Guilielmo. Insets: Osenbrugge (Osnabruck) [view] -- Districtus Reckenbergensis.Originally from "Atlantis maioris appendix", Johannes Janssonius, 1630.Thought to have been removed from Willem and Joan Blaeu's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Vol. 2. This map...
Dates:
approximately 1630
Osnabrugensis Episcopatus. Auctore Ioanne Gigante, approximately 1630, recto
Digital Image
Identifier: 1500-026-4-1-7r
Dates:
approximately 1630; 2019-10-03
Osnabrugensis Episcopatus. Auctore Ioanne Gigante, approximately 1630, verso
Digital Image
Identifier: 1500-026-4-1-7v
Dates:
approximately 1630; translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.digitzed: 2019-10-03