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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam     
in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to       
twelve volumes. Volume I: Tycho Brahe's observatory    
Uranienborg castle in the Denish island Hven, a        
present from Danish king Frederick II.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam     
in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to       
twelve volumes. Volume 10: Spain and Africa.           
A bird's eye view of Escorial palace and monastery     
of San Lorenzo, Spain.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam     
in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to       
twelve volumes. Volume 12: America. A council of       
the king of Powhatan, a kingdom of American Indians    
in Nova Virginia.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam     
in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to       
twelve volumes. Volume 12:America."The prefecture of   
Paranambuca (Pernambuco,Brazil),northern part, with    
the prefecture of Itamaraca".
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam     
in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to       
twelve volumes. Volume 12: America. The prefecture of  
Parabia del Rio Grande, Paraguay.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam     
in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to       
twelve volumes. Volume 12: America. Fishing in the     
province of of Pernambuco, Brazil.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam     
in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to       
twelve volumes. Volume 2: Russia. Map of the Volga,    
Mongolians with tents and camels.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam     
in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to       
twelve volumes.Angels from a celestial globe,measuring 
with a compass.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam     
in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to       
twelve volumes. Tome X, a general map of Africa,       
surrounded by sailships and pictures of the various    
African tribes.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...