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The atlas maior is the final version of joan blaeu s atlas, published in amsterdam between 1662 and 1672, in latin 11 volumes, french 12 volumes, dutch 9 volumes, german 10 volumes and spanish 10 volumes, containing 594 maps and around 3,000 pages of text. The original 11volume latin edition, containing 536 maps, put blaeu ahead of his staunch competitor, mapmaker johannes janssonius, whose rivalry inspired blaeu to produce a grandiose edition of the largest and most complete atlas to date. A birdmonster devouring sinners, naked bodies in tantric contortions, a pair of ears brandishing a sharpened blade. Technologies have developed as well as checking out blaeu atlas maior va manuals might certainly not be far more practical as well as less complex.
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