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The ''Atlas van Loon'' was commissioned by Frederik Willem van Loon of Amsterdam. It consists of a large number of maps published between 1649 and 1676:Geheugen van Nederland
/ref> * ''Volumes I to IX:'' The Dutch edition of
Volume I:
''Atlas Maior'' I - Northern and Eastern Europe *
Volume II:
''Atlas Maior'' II - Germany and Central Europe *
Volume III:
''Atlas Maior'' III - the Low Countries *
Volume IV:
''Atlas Maior'' IV - England and Wales *
Volume V:
''Atlas Maior'' V - Scotland and Ireland *
Volume VI:
''Atlas Maior'' VI - France *
Volume VII:
''Atlas Maior'' VII - Italy and Greece *
Volume VIII:
''Atlas Maior'' VIII - Spain, Portugal, Africa and America *
Volume IX:
''Atlas Maior'' IX - Asia *
Volume X:
Italian Cities I - the Papal State *
Volume XI:
Italian Cities II - Rome *
Volume XII:
Italian Cities III - Naples and Sicily *
Volume XIII:
French edition ''Atlas Maior'' VII - France *
Volume XIV:
French edition ''Atlas Maior'' VIII - France and Switzerland *
Volume XV:
''Tooneel der Steeden'' I - cities and fortifications of the Dutch Republic *
Volume XVI:
''Tooneel der Steeden'' II - cities and fortifications of the Spanish Netherlands *
Volume XVII:
Goos' ''Zee-atlas ofte water-wereld'' *
Volume XVIII:
Janssonius' ''Zeeatlas'' Atlases 1665 books 17th-century Dutch books Cartography in the Dutch Republic es:Atlas van Loon#top
The ''Atlas van Loon'' was commissioned by Frederik Willem van Loon of Amsterdam. It consists of a large number of maps published between 1649 and 1676:/ref> * ''Volumes I to IX:'' The Dutch edition of
Joan Blaeu
Joan Blaeu (; 23 September 1596 – 21 December 1673) was a Dutch cartographer born in Alkmaar, the son of cartographer Willem Blaeu.
Life
In 1620, Blaeu became a doctor of law but he joined the work of his father. In 1635, they published ...
's ''Atlas Maior
The ''Atlas Maior'' is the final version of Joan Blaeu's atlas, published in Amsterdam between 1662 and 1672, in Latin (11 volumes), French (12 volumes), Dutch (9 volumes), German (10 volumes) and Spanish (10 volumes), containing 594 maps and ...
'' (''Grooten Atlas'') of 1663-1665
* ''Volumes X, XI and XII:'' Blaeu's city books of Italy, covering the Papal States
The Papal States ( ; it, Stato Pontificio, ), officially the State of the Church ( it, Stato della Chiesa, ; la, Status Ecclesiasticus;), were a series of territories in the Italian Peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the pope fro ...
, Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus ( legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
, Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adm ...
, and Sicily
(man) it, Siciliana (woman)
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, demographi ...
, all of 1663.
* ''Volumes XIII and XIV:'' Two volumes of the French edition of Blaeu's ''Atlas Maior
The ''Atlas Maior'' is the final version of Joan Blaeu's atlas, published in Amsterdam between 1662 and 1672, in Latin (11 volumes), French (12 volumes), Dutch (9 volumes), German (10 volumes) and Spanish (10 volumes), containing 594 maps and ...
'', covering France and Switzerland, both of 1663.
* ''Volumes XV and XVI:'' Blaeu's '' Toonneel der Steeden'', city books covering both the Northern
Northern may refer to the following:
Geography
* North, a point in direction
* Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe
* Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States
* Northern Province, Sri Lanka
* Northern Range, a r ...
and the Southern Netherlands
The Southern Netherlands, also called the Catholic Netherlands, were the parts of the Low Countries belonging to the Holy Roman Empire which were at first largely controlled by Habsburg Spain (Spanish Netherlands, 1556–1714) and later by the A ...
, of 1649
* ''Volume XVII:'' Pieter Goos
Pieter Goos (1616–1675) was a Dutch cartographer, copperplate engraver, publisher and bookseller. He was the son of Abraham Goos (1590–1643), also a cartographer and map seller. From 1666, Pieter Goos published a number of well produced a ...
's ''Zee-atlas ofte water-wereld'' (''Maritime Atlas or Water World'') of 1676
* ''Volume XVIII:'' The French edition of Johannes Janssonius's ''Zeeatlas'' (''Maritime Atlas'') of 1657
The Atlas van Loon was acquired by the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum in 1996.
See also
*History of cartography
The history of cartography refers to the development and consequences of cartography, or mapmaking technology, throughout human history. Maps have been one of the most important human inventions for millennia, allowing humans to explain and navi ...
* Cartography
Cartography (; from grc, χάρτης , "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and , "write") is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an i ...
* Ancient maps
* Willem Blaeu
References
External links
{{Commons category, Atlas van Loon * Digitalized maps and pictures from the Atlas Van Loon: *Volume I:
''Atlas Maior'' I - Northern and Eastern Europe *
Volume II:
''Atlas Maior'' II - Germany and Central Europe *
Volume III:
''Atlas Maior'' III - the Low Countries *
Volume IV:
''Atlas Maior'' IV - England and Wales *
Volume V:
''Atlas Maior'' V - Scotland and Ireland *
Volume VI:
''Atlas Maior'' VI - France *
Volume VII:
''Atlas Maior'' VII - Italy and Greece *
Volume VIII:
''Atlas Maior'' VIII - Spain, Portugal, Africa and America *
Volume IX:
''Atlas Maior'' IX - Asia *
Volume X:
Italian Cities I - the Papal State *
Volume XI:
Italian Cities II - Rome *
Volume XII:
Italian Cities III - Naples and Sicily *
Volume XIII:
French edition ''Atlas Maior'' VII - France *
Volume XIV:
French edition ''Atlas Maior'' VIII - France and Switzerland *
Volume XV:
''Tooneel der Steeden'' I - cities and fortifications of the Dutch Republic *
Volume XVI:
''Tooneel der Steeden'' II - cities and fortifications of the Spanish Netherlands *
Volume XVII:
Goos' ''Zee-atlas ofte water-wereld'' *
Volume XVIII:
Janssonius' ''Zeeatlas'' Atlases 1665 books 17th-century Dutch books Cartography in the Dutch Republic es:Atlas van Loon#top