Willem Janszoon Blaeu, born near Alkmaar in 1571, went from a merchant’s house and a joiner’s bench in Amsterdam to study with Tycho Brahe on the island of Hven, and became one of the great map and globe makers of the Dutch golden age. Stevenson traces his career and describes his world map of 1605, with a list of his principal publications.
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