Joan Blaeu Collection

Map of California shown as an island, c 1650. Creator: Johannes Vingboons
Map of California shown as an island, c 1650. This map from around 1650 shows California as an island. A half-century would pass before Spanish explorers determined with certainty that California was

The Isle of Anglesey, The Isle of Man and the Isle of Wight, 1650, (1946). Creator: Unknown
The Isle of Anglesey, The Isle of Man and the Isle of Wight, 1650, (1946). Three maps of islands off the coast of Britain

Plate 12: Allegory on the Discord in France, from Caspar Barlaeus, " Medicea Hospes", 1638

Plate 8: Emperor Maximilian II granting a crown to the coat of arms of Amsterdam, from Caspar Barlaeus, " Medicea Hospes", 1638

Plate 13: Allegory on the Discord in France, from Caspar Barlaeus, " Medicea Hospes", 1638

Plate 7: The Marriage of Francisco I de Medici and Johanna of Austria, from Caspar Barlaeus, " Medicea Hospes", 1638

An orrery designed by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, c1630. Artist: Joan Blaeu
An orrery designed by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, c1630. From the Atlas Major by Johann Blaeu

Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer, (c1630). Artist: Joan Blaeu
Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer, (c1630). Brahe (1546-1601) aged 40, amongst his astonomical instuments. From the Atlas Major by Johann Blaeu

New England in 1660, (c1880). From Blaeus Theatre du Monde. In this curious map the north is at the bottom and the south at the top

The equatorial armillary of Tycho Brahe, 16th century. Artist: Joan Blaeu
The equatorial armillary of Tycho Brahe (14 December 1546 - 24 October 1601), from Joan Blaeus Le Grand Atlas. Brahe built this on the island of Huen to measure celestial latitude and longitude

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