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<strong>Three and a half centuries before Google Maps there was?</strong><br><strong>Joan Blaeu?s atlas, the finest ever published</strong><br><br>The <strong>finest and most comprehensive baroque atlas</strong> was Joan Blaeu?s exceptional<em>Atlas Maior</em>, completed in 1665. The original 11-volume Latin edition, containing 536 maps, put Blaeu ahead of his staunch competitor, mapmaker Johannes Janssonius, whose rivalry inspired Blaeu to produce a grandiose edition of the largest and most complete atlas to date. Covering Arctica, Europe, Africa, Asia, and America, Blaeu?s<em>Atlas Maior</em> was <strong>a remarkable achievement and remains to this day one of history?s finest examples of mapmaking.</strong><br><br>This reprint is made from the <strong>National Library of Vienna</strong>?s complete, colored, gold-heightened copy, thus assuring the best possible detail and quality. The book?s introduction, by the University of Utrecht?s<strong>Peter van der Krogt</strong>, discusses the historical and cultural context and significance of the atlas; Krogt also provides detailed descriptions of the maps, allowing modern readers to fully appreciate Blaeu?s masterwork.<br><br>Text in English, French, and German
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