Willem Janszoon Blaeu, patriarch of the Blaeu cartographic dynasty, died in 1638. He had two sons, Cornelis (1610-1648) and Joan (1596-1673). Joan trained as a lawyer, but joined his father’s business rather than practice. After his father’s death, the brothers took over their father’s shop and Joan took on his work as hydrographer to the Dutch East India Company. Cornelis died in 1648, leaving his brother to carry on the workshop alone. Later in life, Joan would modify and greatly expand his father’s Atlas novus, eventually releasing his own masterpiece, the Atlas maior, between 1662 and 1672. The Blaeu workshop burned in 1672 and Joan died a year later.
![[Barlaeus / Blaeu Maps of the Coast of Brazil] Praefecturae Paranambucae Pars Borealis una cum Praefectura de Itamaraca [and] Praefecturae De Paraiba, et Rio Grande [and] Praefecturae Paranambucae pars Meridionalis](/map/small/61635.jpg)
Fine old color example of the Blaeu-Barleus maps of the Coast of Brazil. The map was drawn after actual surveys by Georg Markgraf, Elias Herckmanns and others, and was among the first maps of Brazil based on non-Portuguese data. The maps are richly...
Detailed map of the area showing Amsterdam in the South and extending north to Enkhuizen and Medemblik in North Holland. The map shows west at the top.
Fine old color example of Blaeu's map Greece, which appeared in Blaeu's Atlas Major. Includes large decorative cartouche and coat of arms.
Fine example of Blaeu's view of Ivrea, from the Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis, Pedemontii Principis, published in 1682. The view was engraved by Johannes de Ram. Ivrea is a town in the modern Turin Province, in northwest Italy.
Fine early plan of Cuneo in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy. The view appeared in Joannes Blaeu's Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis, Pedemontii Principis, Cypri Regis, published in Amsterdam, in 1668.
Fine town plan of Trino, a village in the Piedmont region of Italy, between Turin, Vercelli and Casale Monferrato. It is situated near the River Po. The view appeared in Joannes Blaeu's Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis, Pedemontii...
Fine early birdseye of Cuneo in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy. The view appeared in Joannes Blaeu's Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis, Pedemontii Principis, Cypri Regis, published in Amsterdam, in 1668.
![[Biella] Bugella Civitas](/map/small/59253.jpg)
Fine early plan of Biella in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy. The view appeared in Joannes Blaeu's Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis, Pedemontii Principis, Cypri Regis, published in Amsterdam, in 1668. The map is based upon...
![[Asti] Asta](/map/small/59293.jpg)
Fine early view of Asti in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy. The view appeared in Joannes Blaeu's Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis, Pedemontii Principis, Cypri Regis, published in Amsterdam, in 1668.
![[San Damiano D'Asti] Sancti Damiani Oppidum](/map/small/59315.jpg)
Fine early birdseye of San Damiano D'Asti in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy. The view appeared in Joannes Blaeu's Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis, Pedemontii Principis, Cypri Regis, published in Amsterdam, in 1668.
![[Bra] Braydae Oppidum, vernacule Bra](/map/small/59395.jpg)
Fine early birdseye of Bra, south of Turnin, in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy. The view appeared in Joannes Blaeu's Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis, Pedemontii Principis, Cypri Regis, published in Amsterdam, in 1668.
![[Fossano] Delinea Civitatis Fossani In Principatu Pedemontii](/map/small/59445.jpg)
Fine early birdseye of Fossano, in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy. The view appeared in Joannes Blaeu's Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis, Pedemontii Principis, Cypri Regis, published in Amsterdam, in 1668.
![[Cheracsco] Clarascum](/map/small/59517.jpg)
Fine early birdseye of Cheracsco, in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy. The view appeared in Joannes Blaeu's Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis, Pedemontii Principis, Cypri Regis, published in Amsterdam, in 1668.
Fine early view of Mondovi in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy. The view appeared in Joannes Blaeu's Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis, Pedemontii Principis, Cypri Regis, published in Amsterdam, in 1668. The map is based upon...
Fine early plan of Crescentino, in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy. The view appeared in Joannes Blaeu's Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis, Pedemontii Principis, Cypri Regis, published in Amsterdam, in 1668.
Fine early plan of Gattinara, in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy. The view appeared in Joannes Blaeu's Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis, Pedemontii Principis, Cypri Regis, published in Amsterdam, in 1668.
