WILLEM JANSZOON BLAEU
1571-1638

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

EDWARD LUTHER STEVENSON, PH.D.

NEW YORK

1914

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

WILLEM JANSZOON BLAEU1571-1638