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Frontispiece to volume 11, the New World, of Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior

Falck, J. [Jeremias]
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1662
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Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673)
Atlas Maior
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon (1571-1638)
Falck, Jeremias (1610-1677)
Atlases--Early works to 1800
Cartography--Early works to 1800
Geography--Early works to 1800
America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Indians--Early works to 1800
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Frontispiece to volume 11, the New World, of Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior (Grand Atlas), Amsterdam, 1662. Engraved by J. [Jeremias] Falck (1610-1677). Image depicts Indians, one on display in a headdress and with a bow and arrow standing on a European man's dismembered head, and others at work mining and sifting for gold surrounded by New World flora, fauna, and riches, including vegetation, a snarling reptile, and gold bars, with mountains, ocean, and a ship in the background, overseen by figures in clouds, including a priest, Indians, a soldier, an angel, and two putti bearing a banner titled "America." Complete original title of the atlas was Theatrum Orbus Terrarum, sive, Atlas Novus (Theatre of the World, or, New Atlas), with the latter phrase changed to Atlas Maior (Grand Atlas) in 1662. Started by Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) and completed by his son Joan Blaeu (1596-1673). By 1662 the atlas had expanded to 11 or 12 volumes, depending on the edition, and included maps from previous editions.
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