From Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since 29 May 1997
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An old color example of Blaeu's map of the Turkish Empire, based upon Blaeu's map of a similar title. In Good plus condition, with light plus age-toning and some chipping to corners of map. Matted but not framed. w 28.5 in. x h 24 5/8 in. Located in Dupont store. Willem Janzsoon Blaeu (1571-1638) was a prominent Dutch geographer and publisher. Born the son of a herring merchant, Blaeu chose not fish but mathematics and astronomy for his focus. He studied with the famous Dutch astronomer Tycho Brahe, with whom he honed his instrument and globe making skills. Blaeu set up shop in Amsterdam, where he sold instruments and globes, published maps, and edited the works of intellectuals such as Descartes and Hugo Grotius. In 1635, he released his atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive, Atlas novus. Willem died in 1638. He had two sons, Cornelis (1610-1648) and Joan (1596-1673). Joan trained as a lawyer, but joined his father's business rather than practice. After his father's death, the brothers took over their father's shop and Joan took on his work as a hydrographer to the Dutch East India Company. Later in life, Joan would modify and greatly expand his father's Atlas novus, eventually releasing his masterpiece, the Atlas maior, between 1662 and 1672. 1329340. Arts & Antiques. Seller Inventory # 1329340
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Title: TURCICUM IMPERIUM, c. 1640
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