Archive for posts tagged with ‘Germania Veteris typus’


Jan 17 2011

Blaeu’s 1645 Map of Germany, Germania Veteris, typus

Dutch / Maps and charts / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc

Blaeu's 1645 Map of Germany, Germania Veteris, typus

This is a reproduction of the famous map of Germany from Joan Blaeu, published in 1645.  This master cartographer followed his father Willem’s craft and published his first work with his father and brother in 1635 when he was 39 years old.  After his father’s death three years later, Joan and his brother took over their father’s work and Joan became the official cartographer for the Dutch East India Company.  He was elected to the Amsterdam Council in 1654 and in 1662 he reissued his atlas as the Atlas Maior.  He died in Amsterdam in 1673.

Click here for more information