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 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 business 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 most of the printing plates. Joan Blaeu died the following year, leaving the business to his three sons Willem (1635-1701), Pieter (1637-1706) and Joan II (1650-1712). While the business began to decline in the hands of his sons, the dominance of the Blaeu publishing house finally ended in 1703 when the V.O.C. stopped publishing maps bearing the Blaeu family name. Some of the surviving plates were bought by F. de Wit and Schenk & Valk.

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
1660 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Old coloured map of Namur. Printed in Amsterdam circa 1660.

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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
1662 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
11769
Old coloured map of Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Brazil. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1662.

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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 (Lac Léman) in the south, Lake Thun (Thunersee) in the...
Das Wiflispurgergow. Gerardo Mercatore Auctore.
1662 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Old coloured map of the Romandie, Fribourg, Vaud, Lake Geneve. Printed in Amsterdam in the year 1662.

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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.
1663 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Old coloured map of Upper Lusatia, Saxony. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1663.

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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Sarnia Insula, vulgo Garnsey: et Insula Caesarae, vernacule Jarsey
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1663-67
Antique map of the Channel Islands by Joan Blaeu. Shows the islands of Guernsey and Jersey in the English Channel. Decorated with two magnificent cartouches, a coat of arms and several sailing...
Sarnia Insula, vulgo Garnsey: et Insula Caesarae, vernacule Jarsey
1663 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Old coloured map of Jersey, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1663.

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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Prussia accurate Descripta a Gasparo Henneberg Erlichensi.
W. & J. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1735
First edition of the antique map of Prussia by W. Blaeu. Showing the northern part of Poland with Puck (Putzig ), Gdańsk (Danzig) and Elblag (Elbing), the Russian area around Kalingrad (Königsberg...
Prussia accurate Descripta a Gasparo Henneberg Erlichensi.
1735 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
12950
Old coloured map of Prussia. Printed in Amsterdam by W. & J. Blaeu in 1735.

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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Celeberrimi Fluvii Albis nova delineatio. Auctore Christiano Mollero.
J. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1628 [circa 1640]
Very decorative map of the Elbe between Hamburg and the North Sea by W. Blaeu. Showing the Lower Elbe from Geesthacht to the mouth of the Elbe into the North Sea. The fairway is marked with buoys....
Celeberrimi Fluvii Albis nova delineatio. Auctore Christiano Mollero.
1628 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Coloured map of the course of the Elbe River. Printed in Amsterdam by J. Blaeu 1628 [circa 1640].
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Germaniae Veteris typus
Amsterdam, circa 1630
Attractive map of the Ancient Germany after Abraham Ortelius by Blaeu. From a Latin edition of "Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus".
Germaniae Veteris typus
1630 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Antique map of Germany. Printed in Amsterdam circa 1630.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Paraguay, o Prov. de Rio de la Plata cum regionibus adiacentibus Tucuman et S.ta Cruz de la Sierra
1630
Attractive map of Paraguay. Wtih 2 cartouche and a seamonster.
Paraguay, o Prov. de Rio de la Plata cum regionibus adiacentibus Tucuman...
1630 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Antique map of Paraguay. Printed in the year 1630.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Germaniae Veteris typus
Amsterdam, circa 1630
Attractive map of the Ancient Germany after Abraham Ortelius by Blaeu. From a French edition of "Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus".
Germaniae Veteris typus
1630 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
10108
Antique map of Germany. Printed in Amsterdam circa 1630.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Moravia Marchionatus Auctore I.A. Comenio.
Amsterdam, circa 1630
Attractive cooper engraved map in original old colour from Moravia in Czechia by W. J. Blaeu after Comenio. With two beautiful coloured cartouches, French text on verso.
Moravia Marchionatus Auctore I.A. Comenio.
1630 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Old coloured map of Moravia. Printed in Amsterdam circa 1630.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Germaniae Veteris typus
Amsterdam, circa 1630
Attractive map of the Ancient Germany after Abraham Ortelius by J. Blaeu. From a German edition of "Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus".
Germaniae Veteris typus
1630 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
10652
Antique map of Germany. Printed in Amsterdam circa 1630.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Paderbornensis Episcopatus Descriptio Nova
G. Blaeu, Amsterdam, circa 1630
Decorative engraved map of the area around Paderborn by G. Blaeu. With two cartouches and a mileage scale. Showing River Rhine between Koblenz and Wesel. Centred on the town of Paderborn. Without...
Paderbornensis Episcopatus Descriptio Nova
1630 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Antique map of Paderborn, North Rhein-Westphalia. Printed in Amsterdam by G. Blaeu circa 1630.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Archiepiscopatus Maghdeburgensis et Anhaltinus Ducatus cum terris adjacentibus
G. Blaeu, Amsterdam, circa 1630
Nice copper engraved map of Lower-Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt by G. Blaeu. With one figural cartouche. Bounded on the west by the River Wesel between Nienburg and Mihla, up to Brandenburg in the east,...
Archiepiscopatus Maghdeburgensis et Anhaltinus Ducatus cum terris...
1630 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Antique map of Saxony-Anhalt, Lower-Saxony. Printed in Amsterdam by G. Blaeu circa 1630.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Sueviae Nova Tabula.
Blaeu, Willem, Amsterdam, 1630 (1642)
Beautiful copper engraved map of Swabia by Willem Blaeu. The north-oriented map shows the area between Lucerne, Rosenheim and Heidelberg with the Lake Constance. Centred around Ulm. With a...
Sueviae Nova Tabula.
1630 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Old coloured map of Swabia, Baden-Württemberg. Printed in Amsterdam by Blaeu, Willem in 1642.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Sueviae Nova Tabula.
Blaeu, Willem, Amsterdam, 1630
Beautiful old coloured copper engraved map of Swabia by Willem Blaeu. The north-oriented map shows the area between Lucerne, Rosenheim and Heidelberg with the Lake Constance. Centred around Ulm....
Sueviae Nova Tabula.
1630 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Old coloured map of Swabia, Baden-Württemberg. Printed in Amsterdam by Blaeu, Willem in 1630.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Austria Archiducatus. Auctore Wolfgango Lazio.
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, circa 1630
Antique map of Austria by Joan Blaeu. This classic map of the Archduchy of Austria comes from the early Appendix of Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior , still without text on verso. The map is based on...
Austria Archiducatus. Auctore Wolfgango Lazio.
1630 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Old map of Austria. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu circa 1630.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Alsatia Landgraviatus, cum Suntgoia et Brisgola. Ger. Mercatore Auctore.
G. Blaeu, Amsterdam, circa 1634
Large attractive old coloured map of the Alsace from G. Blaeu. Printed from two sheets, joined. Covering the Black Forest, Breisgau and Alsace with the area between Lauffenberg via Basel up to...
Alsatia Landgraviatus, cum Suntgoia et Brisgola. Ger. Mercatore Auctore.
1634 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Old coloured map of the Rhine, Breisgau, Alsace. Printed in Amsterdam by G. Blaeu circa 1634.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Alemannia sive Suevia Superior A. Christophoro Hurtero.
Blaeu Family, Amsterdam, 1634
Nice copper engraved map of Swabia by WJ Blaeu. The west-oriented map shows the Lake Constance and the Allgäu Alps and Vorarlberg left side and the Danube on the right third of the leaf. The larger...
Alemannia sive Suevia Superior A. Christophoro Hurtero.
1634 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Coloured map of Swabia, Baden-Württemberg. Printed in Amsterdam by Blaeu Family in 1634.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Alemannia sive Suevia Superior A. Christophoro Hurtero.
Blaeu Family, Amsterdam, 1634
Nice old coloured copper engraved map of Swabia by WJ Blaeu. The west-oriented map shows the Lake Constance and the Allgäu Alps and Vorarlberg left side and the Danube on the right third of the...
Alemannia sive Suevia Superior A. Christophoro Hurtero.
1634 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Old coloured map of Swabia, Baden-Württemberg. Printed in Amsterdam by Blaeu Family in 1634.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Nova Italiae Delineatio
circa 1635
Beautiful full old coloured example of Blaeu's first map of Italy. Showing whole Italy with Sardinia, Corsica and parts of Sicily. With several sailing ships and a sea monster. German text on verso.
Nova Italiae Delineatio
1635 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Coloured map of Italia. Printed circa 1635.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Monasteriensis Episcopatus
Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1635
West oriented copper engraved map of North Rhine-Westphalia in original old colour. One nice coloured cartouche and numerous small coats-of-arms within the map. Showing the area between Wesel,...
Monasteriensis Episcopatus
1635 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Old coloured map of North Rhine-Westphalia. Printed in Amsterdam by Blaeu in 1635.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Nassovia Comitatus
Blaeu, Amsterdam, circa 1635
Nice copper engraved map of Nassau in original old colour engraved from S. Rogiers by G. Blaeu. Two nice coloured cartouches and a coats-of-arm. Showing the area between Koblenz, Wiesbaden, Gießen...
Nassovia Comitatus
1635 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Old coloured map of Nassau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Hessen. Printed in Amsterdam by Blaeu circa 1635.
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Osnabrugensis Episcopatus. Autore Ioanne Gigante.
Blaeu, Amsterdam, circa 1635
Nice copper engraved map of the Osnabrück region drawn by Joannes Gigas, published by G. Blaeu. One cartouche with cityview of Osnabrück, coats-of-arm, mileage scale and a inset map of Wiedenbruck....
Osnabrugensis Episcopatus. Autore Ioanne Gigante.
1635 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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Antique map of Osnabrück, Lower-Saxony. Printed in Amsterdam by Blaeu circa 1635.
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