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Willem Blaeu
Dutch cartographer, atlas maker and publisher (1571-1638)
Not to be confused with Willem Janszoon (c. 1570–1630), a contemporary Dutch navigator.
Willem Janszoon Blaeu (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈʋɪləmˈjɑnsoːmˈblʌu];[a] 1571 – 21 October 1638), also abbreviated to Willem Jansz.
Willem blaeu biography of abraham lincoln
Blaeu, was a Dutch cartographer, atlas maker, and publisher. Along with his son Johannes Blaeu, Willem is considered one of the notable figures of the Netherlandish or Dutch school of cartography during its golden age in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Biography
Blaeu was born at Uitgeest or Alkmaar. As the son of a well-to-do herring salesman, he was destined to succeed his father in the trade, but his interests lay more in mathematics and astronomy. Between 1594 and 1596, as a student of the DanishastronomerTycho Brahe, he qualified as an instrument and globe maker.[1] During this time in 1596, his son Joan Blaeu was born and he would also be