Blaeu

or Blaeuw, Blaew

[ blou ]

noun

1. Wil·lem Jans·zoon [vil, -, uh, m , yahn, -s, uh, n, -sohn], 1571–1638, Dutch cartographer, geographer, astronomer, and mathematician.

Example Sentences

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

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In the year 1602 Blaeu issued a terrestrial and a celestial globe, each having a diameter of 23 cm.

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Blaeu for certain features of this edition, in which he followed a practice of the time.

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A new and accurate sphere of the earth and sea newly revised and corrected by Willem Blaeu.

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It will be noted that the family name Blaeu was not employed in the signature, but instead Alcmar, the name of his native place.

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