Blaeu

American  

[blou] / blaʊ /

Or Blaeuw,

noun

1. Willem Janszoon 1571–1638, Dutch cartographer, geographer, astronomer, and mathematician.

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Example Sentences

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

The theological works were printed in four volumes in folio, by the heirs of Blaeu, at Amsterdam, in 1679.

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

Meanwhile Colonel Elliot, we know, has no Catlockhill where he wants it; he has only Gatliehill, unless his Blaeu varies from my copy, and Gatliehill is not Catlockhill.

From Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy by Lang, Andrew

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)