WILLEM JANSZOON BLAEU 1571-1638
Reading edition
A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND WORK
WITH AN ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO HIS
LARGE WORLD MAP OF 1605
FACSIMILE
OF THE UNIQUE COPY BELONGING TO
THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
EIGHTEEN SHEETS WITH KEY PLATE
BY
EDWARD LUTHER STEVENSON, PH.D.
NEW YORK
1914
Copyright, 1914, by The Hispanic Society of America
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
WILLEM JANSZOON BLAEU 11
WORLD MAP OF 1605 51
BIBLIOGRAPHY 61
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BLAEU’S PRINCIPAL GEOGRAPHICAL PUBLICATIONS 65
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Willem Janszoon Blaeu. 1571-1638 (J. Falck, sculp.) Frontispiece
Facing Page
Island of Hveen, showing the location of Uranienburg. From Le Grand Atlas 12
Press invented by Blaeu. From Johnson, J. Typographia 16
Interior of Tycho Brahe’s Observatory at Uranienburg. From Le Grand Atlas 30
Terrestrial globe and celestial globe, 1616. Willem Janszoon Blaeu 44
World Map from Toonneel des Aerdrycx, by Willem Janszoon Blaeu 52
Printer’s mark of the Blaeu Press [tail-piece, page 59].
WILLEM JANSZOON BLAEU
1571-1638