Atlas van Loon explained

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]

• 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

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/en/collecties/atlassen_uit_het_scheepvaartmuseum/atlas_van_loon Geheugen van Nederland