The greatest atlas ever produced? Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior is one of history's finest cartographic works. To celebrate the publication of a new edition, Christian Amodeo introduces a selection of its sumptuous colour plates.(ATLAS MAIOR) From: Geographical | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2005 Campion Interactive Publishing Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Although map collectors had long been binding loose maps, the world's first atlas wasn't published until 1570. Flemish scholar and geographer Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum (Theatre of the world) contained 53 maps and was an enormous success. At last, scholars could hold the whole world--or at least the known world--in their hands. By the late 16th century, however, atlases were reduced to compact books in order to reach a broader market.

From about 1630, Amsterdam-based Joan Blaeu and Johannes Janssonius resurrected world atlas publishing and battled one another ...

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