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Willem Blaeu  (1571–1638)  wikidata:Q520327
 
Willem Blaeu
Alternative names
Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Willem Jansz Blaeu, Guilielmus Janssonius, Willems Jans Zoon, Guilielmus or G. Blaeu
Description Dutch cartographer, publisher, instrument maker, astronomer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 1571 Edit this at Wikidata 1638 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Uitgeest Amsterdam
Work period 1610 Edit this at Wikidata
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Amsterdam (1599–1638); Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q520327
Description
English: Map with carte-a-figures, with people of Asia depicted in the right and left borders, and nine city views on the upper border: Candy (Kandy), Calecvth (Calcutta), Goa, Damasco (Damascus), Jervsalem, Ormvs, Bantam, (Bamten) Aden and Macao. First published as a loose sheet in 1617, Blaeu based it upon his wall map of 1608, which in turn drew on Hondius's folio map of 1606. It was subsequently incorporated into Blaeu's atlas from 1630 to 1670.
Date circa 1630
date QS:P571,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium kolorierter Kupferstich
Dimensions 51.5 × 60 cm (20.2 × 23.6 in)
Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam
Accession number
HB-KZL 33.12.41/2
Source/Photographer https://prolog.museum-barberini.de/de/5994/rembrandts-orient

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