Blaeu family cartographic enterprise
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The Blaeu family cartographic enterprise was a renowned 17th-century Dutch mapmaking and publishing house that produced some of the most influential atlases and globes of the Golden Age of cartography.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blaeu publishing house | 4 |
| Blaeu | 3 |
| Blaeu atlases | 1 |
| Blaeu family | 1 |
| Blaeu family cartographic enterprise canonical | 1 |
| Blaeu family of mapmakers | 1 |
| Willem Blaeu atlases | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Blaeu family cartographic enterprise Context triple: [Willem Blaeu, hasPart, Blaeu family cartographic enterprise]
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A.
Cornelis Blaeu
Cornelis Blaeu was a 17th-century Dutch cartographer and publisher from the renowned Blaeu family of mapmakers.
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Willem Blaeu
Willem Blaeu was a prominent Dutch cartographer, atlas maker, and publisher whose detailed maps and globes became iconic works of the Dutch Golden Age.
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C.
Joan Blaeu
Joan Blaeu was a prominent 17th-century Dutch cartographer and publisher best known for his richly illustrated atlases and maps produced during the Dutch Golden Age.
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Jodocus Hondius
Jodocus Hondius was a prominent Flemish-Dutch cartographer and engraver of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, renowned for his influential maps and for helping to popularize the Mercator projection.
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Dutch Golden Age cartography
Dutch Golden Age cartography was a period of exceptional mapmaking in the 16th and 17th centuries when Dutch cartographers produced highly accurate, commercially successful, and artistically elaborate maps that shaped European understanding of the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Blaeu family cartographic enterprise Target entity description: The Blaeu family cartographic enterprise was a renowned 17th-century Dutch mapmaking and publishing house that produced some of the most influential atlases and globes of the Golden Age of cartography.
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A.
Cornelis Blaeu
Cornelis Blaeu was a 17th-century Dutch cartographer and publisher from the renowned Blaeu family of mapmakers.
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B.
Willem Blaeu
Willem Blaeu was a prominent Dutch cartographer, atlas maker, and publisher whose detailed maps and globes became iconic works of the Dutch Golden Age.
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C.
Joan Blaeu
Joan Blaeu was a prominent 17th-century Dutch cartographer and publisher best known for his richly illustrated atlases and maps produced during the Dutch Golden Age.
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D.
Jodocus Hondius
Jodocus Hondius was a prominent Flemish-Dutch cartographer and engraver of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, renowned for his influential maps and for helping to popularize the Mercator projection.
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E.
Dutch Golden Age cartography
Dutch Golden Age cartography was a period of exceptional mapmaking in the 16th and 17th centuries when Dutch cartographers produced highly accurate, commercially successful, and artistically elaborate maps that shaped European understanding of the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch publishing house
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cartographic publishing house ⓘ mapmaking firm ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dutch Golden Age
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Dutch Golden Age cartography ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of cartography
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| client | Dutch East India Company ⓘ |
| competitiveWith |
Hondius-Janssonius publishing house
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surface form:
Hondius-Janssonius cartographic firm
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| continuedBy | Joan Blaeu ⓘ |
| contributedTo | standardization of 17th-century European cartography ⓘ |
| country | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| familyName |
Blaeu family cartographic enterprise
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Blaeu
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| field |
cartography
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printing ⓘ publishing ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Willem Blaeu
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surface form:
Willem Jansz Blaeu
Willem Blaeu ⓘ
surface form:
Willem Janszoon Blaeu
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| heritage | part of history of Dutch cartography ⓘ |
| influenced |
globe making in Europe
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later European atlas makers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
comprehensive world atlases
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decorative cartouches ⓘ hand-colored maps ⓘ high-quality copperplate engraving ⓘ large-format wall maps ⓘ |
| languageOfPublication |
Dutch
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French ⓘ German ⓘ Latin ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Atlas Maior
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Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ⓘ
surface form:
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Blaeu atlas series)
celestial globes ⓘ terrestrial globes ⓘ wall maps ⓘ |
| printingTechnology | copperplate printing ⓘ |
| produced |
atlases
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city views ⓘ globes ⓘ sea charts ⓘ topographical maps ⓘ |
| roleForVOC | official cartographer ⓘ |
| status | leading map publisher of the 17th century ⓘ |
| suppliedChartsTo | Dutch East India Company ⓘ |
| usedSource |
astronomical observations
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exploration reports ⓘ nautical charts ⓘ |
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Subject: Blaeu family cartographic enterprise Description of subject: The Blaeu family cartographic enterprise was a renowned 17th-century Dutch mapmaking and publishing house that produced some of the most influential atlases and globes of the Golden Age of cartography.
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