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Atlas Blaeu - Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken. Front page of the Atlas novus, forerunner of the Atlas maior, 1645 Joan & Willem Blaeu Atlas in 11 volumes with white leather binding with gold leaf and special chest to hold it in, next to a portrait of Willem Blaeu, copy in the University of Amsterdam Special Collections
1641 Nieuwen Atlas (New Atlas) by Janssonius. Johannes Janssonius (1588, in Arnhem – buried July 11, 1664, in Amsterdam ) (born Jan Janszoon , in English also Jan Jansson ) was a Dutch cartographer and publisher who lived and worked in Amsterdam in the 17th century.
The collection is based on Joan Blaeu's maps of towns of the Netherlands, Tooneel der Steden van de Vereenighde Nederlanden, and the part of Blaeu's Atlas Major covering the Netherlands. Beudeker also collected many maps, portraits, drawings, views, and satirical prints dated between 1600 and 1756.
In 1963 the Atlas Major became the Standard 15, with a new long-wheelbase variant, with 2138 cc engine, which became the Standard 20. Later that year, the Standard name was dropped by Leyland, and these models were rebranded hastily as the Leyland 15 and 20. By 1968 when production ended in the UK, all variants were powered by the 2138 cc ...
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The first cartographic images that De Wit engraved were a plan of Haarlem that has been dated to 1648, [8] and sometime before 1649, De Wit engraved the city views – city maps for the cities of Rijsel and Doornik that appeared in the richly illustrated Flandria Illustrata by the Flemish historian, Antonius Sanderus.
In the French edition of the Atlas Minor we find one of the first instances of a thematic map using map symbols. This is a map entitled Designatio orbis christiani (1607) showing the dispersion of major religions. [8] Hondius used copper plates to print John Speed's atlas The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, which was published in 1611/ ...
Atlas FC'c Diego Barbosa, center, celebrates scoring his team's opening goal against America during a match in Mexico City on Jan. 22. (Ginnette Riquelme / Associated Press)