Joan Blaeu
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Joan Blaeu (målning av J. van Rossum).
Joan Blaeu, född 1596 i Alkmaar, död 1673 i Amsterdam, var en nederländsk boktryckare och kartograf. Han var son till Willem Janszoon Blaeu.
Titelblad till Atlas novus.
Blaeu blev juris doktor, fortsatte faderns affär och utgav Atlas major (1662; en väsentligt utökad upplaga av faderns stora kartverk, tidigare upplagor hade titeln Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive Atlas novus in quo tabulæ et descriptiones omnium regionum) samt praktfulla topografiska kopparsticksverk med stadsvyer över Belgien (två band, 1649), Italien (två band, 1662) med mera. Den svenske kungen Gustav II Adolf utnämnde honom till sin hovboktryckare. En eldsvåda förstörde 1672 boktryckeriet jämte nästan hela lagret. Hans två söner fortsatte rörelsen 1682–1700 och utgav i synnerhet klassiska författare.
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- Blaeu, 2. Joan i Nordisk familjebok (andra upplagan, 1905)
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Blaeu 1645 - Theatrvm Orbis Terrarum.jpg
Illustrated coloured title page from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus in quo Tabulæ et Descriptiones Omnium Regionum, Editæ a Guiljel: et Ioanne Blaeu (Theater of the World, or a New Atlas of Maps and Representations of All Regions, Edited by Willem and Joan Blaeu.)
Hebrew text on title page (Tetragrammaton, "Adonai", protection by God). Two female and two male figures in the sky. One laughing female figure with four breasts spouting milk, man with lyre, man seated in flames. Cartographers with pairs of compasses on globes, constellations on globes. Meridian globe. Zodiac. Two women with overflowing vat and fruits. Personifications of four world races: Asian/Jewish? with thurible, European, Indian (plumed hat, arrows and bow) and African (spear). Man with parasol riding a crocodile, woman with bow and arrows and a wolf. Camel, elephant, open book on the floor.
Illustrated coloured title page from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus in quo Tabulæ et Descriptiones Omnium Regionum, Editæ a Guiljel: et Ioanne Blaeu (Theater of the World, or a New Atlas of Maps and Representations of All Regions, Edited by Willem and Joan Blaeu.)
Hebrew text on title page (Tetragrammaton, "Adonai", protection by God). Two female and two male figures in the sky. One laughing female figure with four breasts spouting milk, man with lyre, man seated in flames. Cartographers with pairs of compasses on globes, constellations on globes. Meridian globe. Zodiac. Two women with overflowing vat and fruits. Personifications of four world races: Asian/Jewish? with thurible, European, Indian (plumed hat, arrows and bow) and African (spear). Man with parasol riding a crocodile, woman with bow and arrows and a wolf. Camel, elephant, open book on the floor.
Joan Blaeu (J.van Rossum).jpg
Portrait of Joan Blaeu by Jan van Rossum (active 1654-1678)
Portrait of Joan Blaeu by Jan van Rossum (active 1654-1678)