Asia, circa 1638 / 1650
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Visual materialSubject(s): Maps
| Amsterdam | 1650 | 1970 | amsterdam | asia novite delineata | cartography | Guiljelmo Blaeu | maps | quirino | Willem BlaeuOnline resources: View photo (midsize) | View photo (thumbnail) | View in Retrato website With printsGeneral Note(s): Willem Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1650. 21 3/4 in. x 16 in. Willem Blaeu (1572-1638) was the foremost geographer of his age, and his son Joan, by building up their stock of sheet maps and gathering them into the magnificent 12 -volume Atlas Maior, earned the firm its reputation as the greatest geographical publishing house of all time. The inception of the Bleu atlas can be traced back to the publication of his first atlas-sized map in 1604, but it was the purchase of 38 copper plates from the estate of Jodocus Hondius in 1629 which made the project possible. After the publishing house was burnt down in 1672, the firm''s stock of map plates passed through the hands of several publishersImage type: ReproductionMedia format: With prints
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Filipinas Heritage Library | Retrato - Special Collections | SC00243 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | SC00243 |
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| SC00240 Asia, 1597 | SC00241 Asia, circa 1600 | SC00242 Asia, 1610 | SC00243 Asia, circa 1638 / 1650 | SC00244 Asia, 1659 | SC00245 Asia, 1677 | SC00246 Asia, 1694 |
Willem Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1650. 21 3/4 in. x 16 in. Willem Blaeu (1572-1638) was the foremost geographer of his age, and his son Joan, by building up their stock of sheet maps and gathering them into the magnificent 12 -volume Atlas Maior, earned the firm its reputation as the greatest geographical publishing house of all time. The inception of the Bleu atlas can be traced back to the publication of his first atlas-sized map in 1604, but it was the purchase of 38 copper plates from the estate of Jodocus Hondius in 1629 which made the project possible. After the publishing house was burnt down in 1672, the firm''s stock of map plates passed through the hands of several publishers.
Asia novite delineata. auctore Guiiljelmo Blaeuw. Caption Note)
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