Atlas Novus

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Atlas Novus is a 17th-century multi-volume world atlas by Dutch cartographer and publisher Johannes Janssonius, renowned for its richly detailed maps and as a major work of the Dutch Golden Age of cartography.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cartographic work
multi-volume atlas
world atlas
associatedWith Dutch commercial expansion
European colonialism
author Johannes Janssonius NERFINISHED
cartographer Johannes Janssonius NERFINISHED
contains political maps
sea charts
topographical maps
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
creator Johannes Janssonius NERFINISHED
era Dutch Golden Age NERFINISHED
field cartography
geography
genre atlas
hasAudience merchants
scholars
statesmen
wealthy collectors
hasPart maps of Africa
maps of Asia
maps of Europe
maps of the Americas
maps of the world
volumes of continental maps
historicalPeriod Early Modern period NERFINISHED
influenced later 17th-century atlases
influencedBy Mercator-Hondius atlas tradition NERFINISHED
language Latin
mapStyle baroque decorative style
mediaType printed book
notableFor decorative cartouches
high-quality engraving
ornamental map borders
richly detailed maps
worldwide geographic coverage
partOf Dutch Golden Age of cartography NERFINISHED
placeOfPublication Amsterdam NERFINISHED
printingTechnique copperplate engraving
productionLocation Amsterdam printing workshops NERFINISHED
publicationCentury 17th century
publisher Johannes Janssonius NERFINISHED
subject political boundaries
trade routes
world geography
usedIn early modern European geography
navigation and trade planning

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Johannes Janssonius notableWork Atlas Novus