Atlas Maior
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The Atlas Maior (or Atlas Novus, as it was originally called) is a comprehensive world atlas, conceived by Willem Blaeu but compiled by his son Joan Blaeu, and completed in 1665. The original work consisted of eleven volumes, in Latin, containing 594 maps.
A modern reproduction, containing nearly 800 pages and weighing 7.0 kilograms is published by Taschen. The replica was created from the copy currently housed in the National Library of Vienna.
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- The National Library of Scotland's PONT PROJECT. This is dedicated to the 17th century Scottish cartographer Timothy Pont whose work was published in Blaeu's Atlas.
