Atlas van Loon

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Blaeu's world map, first published in the 1664 volume of the Atlas van Loon, later reprinted Nova et Accuratissima Terrarum Orbis Tabula (J.Blaeu, 1664).jpg
Blaeu's world map, first published in the 1664 volume of the Atlas van Loon, later reprinted

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: [1]

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The works includes both maritime atlases and country-specific maps which cover in detail areas of the Italian Peninsula (including Sicily), the Kingdom of France, the Old Swiss Confederacy, the Dutch Republic, and the Spanish Netherlands.

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17th-century depiction of Stonehenge from the Atlas van Loon Stonehenge - Wiltonia sive Comitatus Wiltoniensis; Anglice Wilshire (Atlas van Loon).jpg
17th-century depiction of Stonehenge from the Atlas van Loon

The Atlas van Loon was acquired by the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum in 1996.

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