Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638

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Name (Hebrew)
בלאו, וילם, 1571-1638
Name (Latin)
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Other forms of name
Blaeu, Gulielmus, 1571-1638
Blaeu, Jan, 1571-1638
Blaeuw, Guiljelmo, 1571-1638
Blaeuw, Guiljelmus, 1571-1638
Blaeuw, William Johnson, 1571-1638
Blaew, Gulielmus, 1571-1638
Blauw, Guiljelmus, 1571-1638
Bleauw, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Caesius, G. J. (Guilielmus Jansonius), 1571-1638
Caesius, Guilielmus Jansonius, 1571-1638
Jansz, Willem, 1571-1638
Caesius, Guiljelmus Iansonius, 1571-1638
Blaeuw, Guiljelm, 1571-1638
Janssonius, Guilielmus, 1571-1638
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, Dutch, 1571-1638
Blaeu, Willem Jans, 1571-1638
Blaeu, Guiljelmus, 1571-1638
Blaeu, Guilielmus, 1571-1638
Blaeu, Guillaume, 1571-1638
Blaeu, Guiljelm, 1571-1638
Date of birth
1571
Date of death
1638-10-21
Place of birth
Netherlands
Place of residence/headquarters
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Occupation
Publishers and publishing
Printers
Cartographers
Associated Language
dutlat
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 61587424
Wikidata: Q520327
Library of congress: n 80024098
Sources of Information
  • Erasmus, D. Moriae encomium, 1629 :t.p. (Apud Guiljelmum Blauw)
  • Gruys, J. Typographi & bibliopolae Neerlandici usque ad annum MDCC ... 1980:p. 11 (G.J. Caesius; W. Jansz; G. Janssonius)
  • Hamburg im Kartenbild der Vergangenheit, Beiträge zu einem historischen Atlas. Karte des herzogtums Holstein, 1631, 1984:map recto (Guiljelmus Blaeuw) map verso (Willem Janszoon Bleauw)
  • His Institution astronomique de l'usuage des globes et sphères, 1642.
  • InU/Wing STC files(usage: Gulielmus Blaeu)
  • Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula, c1967:map recto (Guiljelmo Blaeuw)
  • Seneca, L. L. Annaei Senecae philosophi Opera omnia ... 1528:p. 1 (second numbered grouping) (Apud Guiljelmum Iansonium Caesium)
  • The sea-mirrour, 1625:title page (William Johnson Blaeuw)
  • Totius Americae nova et exacta tabula ex optimis tum geographorum tum aliorum scriptis collecta ... 1679:map recto (per Gulielmu[m] Blaew Amstelodami)
  • Wikipedia, 17 October 2016(Willem Janszoon Blaeu; Dutch cartographer, atlas maker, and publisher; born 1571 at Uitgeest or Alkmaar; died 21 October 1638 in Amsterdam)
  • LCN ( (Record enhanced with data from: The IMAGINE Thesaurus - The Israel Museum Jerusalem Thesaurus - Artist names authority file) )
  • Blaeu, Willem Jansz, Biographical Data 1571 - 1638; Amsterdam; Drucker (1608 - 1639), Kartograf ( (CERL Thesaurus, viewed January 10, 2021) )
  • Willem Janszoon Blaeu ... 1571 - 21 October 1638), also abbreviated to Willem Jansz. Blaeu, was a Dutch cartographer, atlas maker and publisher ( (Wikipedia, seen January 10, 2021) )
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Wikipedia description:

Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571 – 21 October 1638), also known as Willem Jansz. Blaeu (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləm ˈjɑnszoːn ˈblʌu];, was a Dutch cartographer, globe maker, and publisher. He was one of the leading figures of the Dutch school of cartography in the seventeenth century. Trained in astronomy under Tycho Brahe between 1594 and 1596, Blaeu established a workshop in Amsterdam where he produced globes, nautical charts, and maps. These works formed the basis of a series of atlases, including the Atlas Novus (1635), and were widely used in navigation and geographic study. In 1633 he was appointed mapmaker to the Dutch East India Company. After his death in 1638, his business was continued by his sons, including Joan Blaeu, who later published the multi-volume Atlas Maior, one of the most extensive atlases of the seventeenth century.

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