Willem Blaeu

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atlas maker cartographer globe maker human publisher

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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	atlas maker → cartographer → globe maker → human → publisher →
activeYearsEnd	1638 →
activeYearsStart	1590 →
child	Joan Blaeu →
countryOfCitizenship	Dutch Republic →
dateOfBirth	1571-10-10 →
dateOfDeath	1638-10-21 →
employer	Dutch East India Company →
ethnicGroup	Dutch →
fieldOfWork	cartography → geography → printing →
founded	Blaeu publishing house →
genre	atlas → map → nautical chart →
hasPart	Blaeu family cartographic enterprise →
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	Dutch → Latin →
movement	Dutch Golden Age →
name	Willem Janszoon Blaeu →
notableFor	highly decorative baroque maps → innovations in globe making → large wall maps used in the Dutch Golden Age →
notableStudent	Joan Blaeu →
notableWork	Atlantis Appendix → Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula (world map) → Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (atlas editions) → globes of the terrestrial and celestial spheres →
occupation	cartographer → engraver → instrument maker → publisher →
partOf	Dutch Golden Age of cartography →
placeOfBirth	Uitgeest →
placeOfDeath	Amsterdam →
placeOfEducation	Hven (Uraniborg observatory) →
positionHeld	official cartographer of the Dutch East India Company →
relative	Cornelis Blaeu →
sexOrGender	male →
studiedUnder	Tycho Brahe →
workLocation	Amsterdam →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dutch Golden Age cartography ("Willem Janszoon Blaeu") → Dutch Golden Age cartography ("Joan Blaeu") →	hasNotableFigure
Dutch Golden Age → Dutch Golden Age ("Joan Blaeu") →	notableFigure
Willem Blaeu ("Blaeu publishing house") →	founded
Willem Blaeu ("Willem Janszoon Blaeu") →	name
Willem Blaeu ("Joan Blaeu") →	notableStudent