Category: Biographies
Willem Janszoon Blaeu, one of Holland’s most distinguished map and globe makers of the early seventeenth century, was born at the village of Alkmaar in the year 1571; such is the record which finds general acceptance.[1]
Willem Janszoon Blaeu, one of Holland’s most distinguished map and globe makers of the early seventeenth century, was born at the village of Alkmaar in the year 1571; such is th...
2. Part 2Taking into consideration the extensive commerce and interest in navigation of the United Provinces in this period, it does not occasion surprise that Galileo, after having offe...
3. Part 3In 1646, John Blaeu printed a fourth part of the Zeespiegel, bearing the title “Vierde deel der Zeespiegel, inhoudende eene beschryvinge der See-havenen, Reeden, en Kusten van d...
4. Part 4Curiously and somewhat vexatiously, one finds in the reference to the copyright privilege, granted by the authorities, appearing on sheet thirteen, the date “23 April ----,” the...
5. Part 5[4] This great copper globe, which Picard describes as having a diameter of 4 feet 7 inches and 1 line, constructed in Augsburg under the direction of Paul Hainzel, appears to h...