Atlas maior of 1665 : "The greatest and finest atlas ever published" = "Der grösste und prachtvollste Atlas, der jemals veröffentlich wurde" = "L'atlas le plus grand et le plus admirable jamais publie" /

Contains facsimiles of selected maps and text from the Latin edition of the Atlas Maior (Amsterdam, 1665) from the copy in the National Library of Austria.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
Other Authors:	Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673 (Cartographer), Taschen, Benedikt
Format:	Map
Language:	English Latin German French
Language Notes:	Text in English, German and French; maps in Latin.
Published:	Köln ; Los Angeles : Taschen, [2005]
Subjects:	Atlases > Early works to 1800 > Facsimiles. Early maps > Facsimiles. Cartography > History > 17th century. Blaeu, Joan, > 1596-1673 > Atlas Major. Atlas néerlandais > Ouvrages avant 1800. Atlas > Ouvrages avant 1800 > Fac-similés. Cartographie > Histoire. Atlas maior (Blaeu, Joan) Cartography. Reference sources. world atlases. World atlases. Facsimiles. Atlases. Early maps. History. Atlas mondiaux.

Table of Contents:

Preface by Joan Blaeu from 1665
Introduction to geography by Joan Blaeu
The Atlas maior of Joan Blaeu / introduction by Peter Van der Krogt
Catalogue of maps / with a selection of original texts by Joan Blaeu
Appendix.