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Atlas Maior of 1665
Three and a half centuries before Google Maps there was… Joan Blaeu's atlas, the finest ever published “There can be few books out there more jaw-droppingly gorgeous than this extraordinary Atlas. The reprint more than does justice to Blaeu’s masterpiece.”
TNT Magazine, London
The finest and most comprehensive baroque atlas was Joan Blaeu’s exceptional Atlas Maior , completed in 1665. The original 11-volume Latin edition, containing 536 maps, put Blaeu ahead of his staunch competitor, mapmaker Johannes Janssonius, whose rivalry inspired Blaeu to produce a grandiose edition of the largest and most complete atlas to date. Covering Arctica, Europe, Africa, Asia, and America, Blaeu’s Atlas Maior was a remarkable achievement and remains to this day one of history’s finest examples of mapmaking .
This reprint is made from the National Library of Vienna’s complete, colored, gold-heightened copy , thus assuring the best possible detail and quality. The book’s introduction, by the University of Utrecht’s Peter van der Krogt , discusses the historical and cultural context and significance of the atlas; Krogt also provides detailed descriptions of the maps, allowing modern readers to fully appreciate Blaeu’s masterwork. Text in English, French, and German
TNT Magazine, London
The finest and most comprehensive baroque atlas was Joan Blaeu’s exceptional Atlas Maior , completed in 1665. The original 11-volume Latin edition, containing 536 maps, put Blaeu ahead of his staunch competitor, mapmaker Johannes Janssonius, whose rivalry inspired Blaeu to produce a grandiose edition of the largest and most complete atlas to date. Covering Arctica, Europe, Africa, Asia, and America, Blaeu’s Atlas Maior was a remarkable achievement and remains to this day one of history’s finest examples of mapmaking .
This reprint is made from the National Library of Vienna’s complete, colored, gold-heightened copy , thus assuring the best possible detail and quality. The book’s introduction, by the University of Utrecht’s Peter van der Krogt , discusses the historical and cultural context and significance of the atlas; Krogt also provides detailed descriptions of the maps, allowing modern readers to fully appreciate Blaeu’s masterwork. Text in English, French, and German
512 pages, Hardcover
First published November 1, 2010
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May 9, 2018
exceptional coffee table book - saw (parts of) the original in Amsterdam in 2017 alongside the first atlas by another Blaeu a generation earlier and wanted it ever since
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