Antique Maps by Willem Janszoon Blaeu (*1571 - †1638)

Willem Janszoon Blaeu was born 1571 in Alkmaar. He was trained from 1594 to 1596 by the famous danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. 1599 he went to Amsterdam and founded a business as globe maker. Later he started producing map and sea charts, including his first world map in 1605. In 1633 he was appointed Hydrographer for the Dutch East India Company (VOC). His most famous work was the Atlas Novus or Theatrum Orbis Terrarum sive Atlas Novus of 1635, which was published until 1655 in total six volumes. After Blaeu's death in 1638 his sons Joan and Cornelis continued the businees and finished the Atlas Novus and started an even larger work, the Atlas Maior, which reached 12 volumes. In 1672 a fire destroyed the printing house and a year later Joan died. Some of the surviving plates where bought by F. de Wit and Schenk & Valk. The business was closed finally in 1695.

1664 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Sevende Stuck der Aerdrycks-Beschryving, Welck Vervat Italien en Griecken.
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1664-65
A splendid copy of Blaeu's Atlas of Italy and Greece. All 67 maps finely coloured by a contemporary hand.The Italy and Greece Atlas of Atlas Maior by Joan Blaeu is considered as one of the...
Sevende Stuck der Aerdrycks-Beschryving, Welck Vervat Italien en Griecken.
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Atlas of Italy and Greece from Atlas Maior by Joan Blaeu. Printed 1664 in Amsterdam.
24 000,00 €
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1634 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: China Veteribus Sinarum Regio nunc Incolis Tame dicta
J. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1634
Blaeu's first Map of China.Old coloured map of China by Willem Blaeu. China is outlined in green and bounded by the Great Wall in the north. Korea is still depicted as an island. The...
China Veteribus Sinarum Regio nunc Incolis Tame dicta
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Old coloured map of China. Printed in Amsterdam by J. Blaeu in 1634.
2 000,00 €
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1662 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Praefecturae de Paraiba, et Rio Grande
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1662
Impressive and coveted map of the coastline in the north-east of Brazil. The map was published for the first time by J. Blaeu in Rerum per octennium in Brasilia by Caspar Barlaeus in 1647 and...
Praefecturae de Paraiba, et Rio Grande
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Old coloured map of Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Brazil. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1662.
1 680,00 €
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1640 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali, cum Terris adiacentibus
Willem & Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1640-43
Blaeu's Striking Sea Chart of the West IndiesHand-coloured antique sea chart of the West Indies by Willem Blaeu. With the East Coast of the Americas from Chesapeake Bay to the Orinoco. First...
Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali, cum Terris adiacentibus
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Coloured sea chart of the West Indies, Florida. Printed in Amsterdam by Willem & Joan Blaeu in 1640.
1 450,00 €
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1643 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Tabula Magellanica, qua Tierrae del fuego cum celeberrimis fretis a F. Magellano et I. Le Maire...
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1643-50
Blaeu's splendid map of Tierra de Fuego with the Strait of Magellan.Old coloured sea chart of Tierra de Fuego with the Strait of Magellan and Le Maire Strait by Willem Blaeu. From the French...
Tabula Magellanica, qua Tierrae del fuego cum celeberrimis fretis a F....
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Old coloured sea chart of the Strait of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1643.
1 250,00 €
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1635 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Turcicum Imperium
J. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1635
Beautiful old coloured map of the Turkish Empire by Willem Blaeu. Very decorative map of the Ottoman Empire issued during the first half of the 17th Century. The beautiful title cartouche shows...
Turcicum Imperium
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Old coloured map of the Ottoman Empire. Printed in Amsterdam by J. Blaeu in 1635.
1 200,00 €
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1662 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Insulae Acores Delineante Ludovico Teisera
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1662
Highly decorative sea chart of the Azores Islands. At the upper left the northwestern islands of Corvo and Flores, in the middle the central archipelago with Faial, Pico, São Jorge, Graciosa and...
Insulae Acores Delineante Ludovico Teisera
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Old coloured sea chart of the Azores Islands. Published by Joan Blaeu in Amsterdam in 1662.
970,00 €
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1640 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Natolia, quae olim Asia Minor.
Willem & Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1640-43
Old coloured antique map of Asia Minor with Turkey and Cyprus by Willem Blaeu. With Constantinople (Istanbul), Smyrna (Izmir) and Antioch. Decorated with a beautiful title cartouche, sea monsters...
Natolia, quae olim Asia Minor.
12035
Old coloured map of Turkey. Printed in Amsterdam by Willem & Joan Blaeu in 1640.
490,00 €
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1642 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Guinea
Willem & Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1642-43
Very decorative antique sea chart of West Africa by Willem Blaeu. Showing the Gulf of Guinea with the coasts of Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea to Gabon. With elephants,...
Guinea
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Coloured sea chart of West Africa. Printed in Amsterdam by Willem & Joan Blaeu in 1642.
450,00 €
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1644 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Nova totius Germaniae descriptio
Amsterdam, 1644-55
Old coloured antique map of Germany by Joan Blaeu. Decorated with a large coat of arms and a compass rose. From one of the two Latin editions of the Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive Atlas novus from...
Nova totius Germaniae descriptio
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Old coloured map of Germany. Printed in Amsterdam in the year 1644.
420,00 €
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1634 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Corsica
W. J. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1634
First state of Blaeu's map of Corsica, published 1634 in the German edition of Atlas Novus . State in which map itself has no separate title, only letterpress title above. Later editions have...
Corsica
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Coloured map of Corse, Corsica. Printed in Amsterdam by W. J. Blaeu in 1634.
400,00 €
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1662 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Das Wiflispurgergow. Gerardo Mercatore Auctore.
Amsterdam, 1662
Engraved map of Western Switzerland by Willem Janszoon Blaeu. The map shows the Romandie with the cantons of Vaud and Friborg, Lake Geneva in the south, Lake Thun (Thunersee) in the east and Lake...
Das Wiflispurgergow. Gerardo Mercatore Auctore.
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Old coloured map of the Romandie, Fribourg, Vaud, Lake Geneve. Printed in Amsterdam in the year 1662.
350,00 €
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1644 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Germaniae Veteris typus
Amsterdam, 1644-55
Beautiful copper engraving map from the Ancient Germany of Abraham Ortelius by Joan Blaeu. From one of the two Latin editions of the Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive Atlas novus from 1644-55.
Germaniae Veteris typus
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Old coloured map of Germany. Printed in Amsterdam in the year 1644.
350,00 €
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1647 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Silesia Inferior
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1647-49
Antique map of Lower Silesia by Joan Blaeu. Shows the area between Frankfurt Oder in the northwest, via Crossen (Krosno Odrzańskie), Glogau (Głogów), Freiberg to Brieg (Brzeg) in the southeast....
Silesia Inferior
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Coloured map of Lower Silesia, Wroclaw, Breslau. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1647.
350,00 €
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1658 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Rutlandia Comitatus. Rutlandshire.
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1658-62
Antique map of Rutland by Joan Blaeu. Decorated with two cartouches and several coats of arms. First published in Blaeu's Atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum in 1645. This example was curiously printed...
Rutlandia Comitatus. Rutlandshire.
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Old coloured map of Rutland, England. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1658.
350,00 €
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1644 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Archiepiscopatus Magdeburgensis et Anhaltinus Ducatus
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1644-55
Old coloured antique map of Saxony-Anhalt with parts of Lower Saxony and Saxony by G. Blaeu. Shows the area between the Weser in the west and Wittenberg and Leipzig in the east. With Göttingen,...
Archiepiscopatus Magdeburgensis et Anhaltinus Ducatus
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Old coloured map of Saxony-Anhalt, Lower Saxony. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1644.
290,00 €
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1663 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Lusatia Superior Authore Barthol. Sculteto Gorlitio.
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1663
Antique map of Upper Lusatia by Joan Blaeu. Showing the east of Saxony with Hoyerswerda, Bautzen, Zittau and Görlitz. Decorated with two cartouches and coat of arms. First published in Blaeu's...
Lusatia Superior Authore Barthol. Sculteto Gorlitio.
12040
Old coloured map of Upper Lusatia, Saxony. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1663.
250,00 €
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1660 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Namurcum comitatus Auctore Iohann Surhonio
Amsterdam, circa 1660
Old coloured copper engraved map of the central part of Belgium by J. Blaeu. Showing the regions around Namur and Dinant. Cartouche with coats of arms and cherubs, unusual compass rose flanked by a...
Namurcum comitatus Auctore Iohann Surhonio
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Old coloured map of Namur. Printed in Amsterdam circa 1660.
160,00 €
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1665 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Kaarte vande Buyck-slooter, Broecker, ende Belmer Meeren in Waterland. Kaerte van Waterland.
circa 1665
Copper engraved map of Waterland near Amsterdam. Showing the area northwest of Amsterdam to Edam with Broek in Waterland. Below right a small inset map of the surroundings. Published in Blaeu's...
Kaarte vande Buyck-slooter, Broecker, ende Belmer Meeren in Waterland....
12064
Old coloured map of Waterland, Amsterdam. Printed circa 1665.
140,00 €
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1640 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula auct: Guiljelmo Blaeuw [and]...
Amsterdam, circa 1640
A matching set of the World and the Continents by Willem J. Blaeu These five maps represent the apogee of seventeenth century Dutch cartography. With their decorative panels of costumed figures,...
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula auct:...
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Old coloured world map and continent maps with borders by Willem J. Blaeu. Published around 1640 in Amsterdam.
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1643 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula auct: Guiljelmo Blaeuw.
Amsterdam, 1643-50
One of the Most Famous World Maps of Dutch Cartography with Stunning Old Colours.Perhaps the finest world map ever printed. This map represents the apogee of seventeenth century Dutch...
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula auct:...
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Old coloured world map with borders by Willem J. Blaeu. Published 1643 in Amsterdam.
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1662 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali, cum Terris Adiacentibus
J. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1635 (1662)
W. Blaeu's coastal chart of the West IndiesHand-coloured engraved sea chart of the West Indies by W. Blaeu. With the East Coast of the Americas from Chesapeake Bay to the Orinoco. First...
Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali, cum Terris Adiacentibus
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Coloured sea chart of Florida, West Indies. Printed in Amsterdam by J. Blaeu in 1662.
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1643 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Regiones Sub Polo Arctico
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1643-50
Old coloured sea chart of the North Pole by Willem Blaeu. With Greenland and Canada, Iceland, Spitsbergen, Norway and the north coast of Russia. The map shows, the famous Northwest Passage , a...
Regiones Sub Polo Arctico
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Old coloured sea chart of the North Pole. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1643.
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1643 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Virginiae Partis australis, et Floridae Partis Orientalis, interjacentiumq, regionum Nova Descripti
circa 1643
Attractive map of the east coast of Virginia and Florida. Second state with small tail at left water-cherub. "One of the many elegantly engraved maps of the Eastern seaboard of North America...
Virginiae Partis australis, et Floridae Partis Orientalis,...
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Old coloured map of Virginia. Printed circa 1643.
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