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| #506627 in Books | Taschen | 2016-08-19 | Original language:English, French, German | PDF # 1 | 15.50 x2.00 x10.50l,.0 | File type: PDF | 512 pages | Taschen||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| this is a perfect coffe table book for browsing|By Michael J FERRAR|If you want to see the world in 1665, this is a perfect coffe table book for browsing. The notes are in English, French and German and the historical sections excellent. The book stand idea for the outer cover really works as it is a heavy tome..|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.|About the Author|Joan Blaeu (1596 Alkmaar–1673 Amsterdam) was a leading Dutch cartographer and member of the Amsterdam council. Son of Willem Blaeu, also a famed cartographer, Joan and his brother Cornelius took over his father’s workshop in 1638. He
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Superlatives tend to fail in face of Joan Blaeu’s Atlas Maior, one of the most extravagant feats in the history of mapmaking. The original Latin edition, completed in 1665, was the largest and most expensive book to be published during the 17th century. Its 594 maps across 11 volumes spanned Arctica, Asia, Europe, and America. Its scale and ambition o...
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