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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
His atlas of the Low Countries first published in 1667, [13] was named Nieuw Kaertboeck van de XVII Nederlandse Provinciën and contained 14 to 25 maps. [14] De Wit quickly expanded upon his first small folio atlas which contained mostly maps printed from plates that he had acquired, to an atlas with 27 maps engraved by or for him.
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.
Renamed Atlas Novus, it had three volumes in 1638, one fully dedicated to Italy. In 1646, a fourth volume came out with "English County Maps", a year after a similar issue by Joan Blaeu . Janssonius' maps are similar to those of Blaeu, and he is often accused of copying from his rival, but many of his maps predate those of Blaeu and/or covered ...
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March 29 - Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch painter and engraver (born 1565); May 6 - Otto van Veen, painter, draughtsman, and humanist (born 1556); August 21 – Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter, in 1571 a student in the Bolognese painters' guild (born 1551)
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 ...