Willem Blaeu

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Willem Blaeu was a prominent Dutch cartographer, atlas maker, and publisher whose detailed maps and globes became iconic works of the Dutch Golden Age.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Willem Janszoon Blaeu 7
Willem Blaeu canonical 4
Joan Blaeu 3

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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 Willem Blaeu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Blaeu publishing house
genre atlas
map
nautical chart
hasPart Blaeu family cartographic enterprise
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned Dutch
Latin
movement Dutch Golden Age
name Willem Blaeu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Willem Janszoon Blaeu
notableFor highly decorative baroque maps
innovations in globe making
large wall maps used in the Dutch Golden Age
notableStudent Willem Blaeu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Joan Blaeu
notableWork Atlantis Appendix
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula (world map)
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
surface form: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (atlas editions)

globes of the terrestrial and celestial spheres
occupation cartographer
engraver
instrument maker
publisher
partOf Dutch Golden Age cartography
surface form: 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

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dutch Golden Age notableFigure Willem Blaeu
Dutch Golden Age notableFigure Willem Blaeu
this entity surface form: Joan Blaeu
Dutch Golden Age cartography hasNotableFigure Willem Blaeu
this entity surface form: Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Dutch Golden Age cartography hasNotableFigure Willem Blaeu
this entity surface form: Joan Blaeu
Willem Blaeu name Willem Blaeu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Blaeu founded Willem Blaeu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Blaeu publishing house
Willem Blaeu notableStudent Willem Blaeu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Joan Blaeu
Atlantis Appendix creator Willem Blaeu
Atlantis Appendix cartographer Willem Blaeu
Atlantis Appendix publisher Willem Blaeu
Johannes Janssonius rival Willem Blaeu
this entity surface form: Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Hessel Gerritsz influencedBy Willem Blaeu
this entity surface form: Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Joan Blaeu father Willem Blaeu
this entity surface form: Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Cornelis Blaeu relative Willem Blaeu
this entity surface form: Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Blaeu family cartographic enterprise foundedBy Willem Blaeu
this entity surface form: Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Blaeu family cartographic enterprise foundedBy Willem Blaeu
this entity surface form: Willem Jansz Blaeu