Blaeu
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Their 1634 map of the West Indies, known informally as the Blaeu after the Dutch cartographer Willem Janszoon Blaeu who drew it, is one of only 10 in the world.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2014
The stock of maps of all parts of the world is produced by renowned cartographers, such as Ortelius, Mercator, Blaeu, Janssonius, Hondius, Visscher, de Wit, etc.
From From the Print Media to the Internet by Lebert, Marie
Grotius left France a little after the date of this letter; and his death, which soon followed, was no doubt the greatest obstacle to the publication of the Anthologia, the printing of which Blaeu discontinued.
From The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works by Burigny, Jean Lévesque de
D'Anville copied from Blaeu in 1746, and so the name got into some later atlases.
From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)
But then why does Blaeu call it, not Catlockhill, nor Catlie hill, nor "Catlie" even, but "Gatlie," for so it is distinctly printed on my copy of the map?
From Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy by Lang, Andrew
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