17th Century Atlas
Blaeu 's world map, first published in the 1664 volume of the Atlas van Loon , later reprinted
The Atlas van Loon was commissioned by Frederik Willem van Loon of Amsterdam. It consists of a large number of maps published between 1649 and 1676:[ 1]
Volumes I to IX: The Dutch edition of Joan Blaeu 's Atlas Maior (Grooten Atlas ) of 1663-1665
Volumes X, XI and XII: Blaeu 's city books of Italy, covering the Papal States , Rome , Naples , and Sicily , all of 1663.
Volumes XIII and XIV: Two volumes of the French edition of Blaeu's Atlas Maior , covering France and Switzerland, both of 1663.
Volumes XV and XVI: Blaeu's Toonneel der Steeden , city books covering both the Northern and the Southern Netherlands , of 1649
Volume XVII: Pieter Goos 's Zee-atlas ofte water-wereld (Maritime Atlas or Water World ) of 1676
Volume XVIII: The French edition of Johannes Janssonius 's Zeeatlas (Maritime Atlas ) of 1657
The Atlas van Loon was acquired by the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum in 1996.