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Willem Janszoon
Blaeu (1571
- 1638). Engraver,
publisher and
astronomer.
Pupil of J.
Hondius and
T. Brahe. Founder
of a firm in
Amsterdam 1596,
which produced
terrestrial
and celestial
globes first,
charts and maps
from 1604, and
atlases from
1631, and which
was the leading
company publishing
maps almost
for a whole
century.
Joan Blaeu
(1596 - 1673).
Cartographer
and publisher
in Amsterdam,
son of W. Blaeu.
He expanded
the atlas 'Theatrum
Orbis Terrarum',
first issued
by his father
in two volumes
1635, up to
12 volumes until
1665 ('Atlas
Major').
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