- Source: Atlas van Loon
The Atlas van Loon was commissioned by Frederik Willem van Loon of Amsterdam. It consists of a large number of maps published between 1649 and 1676:
Volumes I to IX: The Dutch edition of Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior (Grooten Atlas) of 1663-1665
Volumes X, XI and XII: Blaeu's city books of Italy, covering the Papal States, Rome, Naples, and Sicily, all of 1663.
Volumes XIII and XIV: Two volumes of the French edition of Blaeu's Atlas Maior, covering France and Switzerland, both of 1663.
Volumes XV and XVI: Blaeu's Toonneel der Steeden, city books covering both the Northern and the Southern Netherlands, of 1649
Volume XVII: Pieter Goos's Zee-atlas ofte water-wereld (Maritime Atlas or Water World) of 1676
Volume XVIII: The French edition of Johannes Janssonius's Zeeatlas (Maritime Atlas) of 1657
The Atlas van Loon was acquired by the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum in 1996.
See also
History of cartography
Cartography
Ancient maps
Willem Blaeu
References
External links
Digitalized maps and pictures from the Atlas Van Loon:
Volume I: Atlas Maior I - Northern and Eastern Europe
Volume II: Atlas Maior II - Germany and Central Europe
Volume III: Atlas Maior III - the Low Countries
Volume IV: Atlas Maior IV - England and Wales
Volume V: Atlas Maior V - Scotland and Ireland
Volume VI: Atlas Maior VI - France
Volume VII: Atlas Maior VII - Italy and Greece
Volume VIII: Atlas Maior VIII - Spain, Portugal, Africa and America
Volume IX: Atlas Maior IX - Asia
Volume X: Italian Cities I - the Papal State
Volume XI: Italian Cities II - Rome
Volume XII: Italian Cities III - Naples and Sicily
Volume XIII: French edition Atlas Maior VII - France
Volume XIV: French edition Atlas Maior VIII - France and Switzerland
Volume XV: Tooneel der Steeden I - cities and fortifications of the Dutch Republic
Volume XVI: Tooneel der Steeden II - cities and fortifications of the Spanish Netherlands
Volume XVII: Goos' Zee-atlas ofte water-wereld
Volume XVIII: Janssonius' Zeeatlas