Mapped or Illustrated by Blaeu
World Heritage Sites which are the main or significant subject of a map or illustration by Joan or Willem Blaeu (with a link to a reproduction). Willem Blaeu (1571-1638) and his son Joan Blaeu (1596-1673) were Dutch cartographers. Willem conceived of the "Atlas Maior" (originally "Atlas Nova") - a comprehensive World Atlas based on the latest knowledge.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Amsterdam Canal Ring | 1649 map | |
| Assisi | ||
| Belfries | Antwerp City Hall by Joan Blaeu | |
| Brugge | 1649 map | |
| Cartagena | On top frieze of "Americae nova tabula" (1617) | |
| Churches and Convents of Goa | On top frieze of "Appendix Theatri A.Ortelii Et Atlantis G. Mercatoris"(1631 but map dates to 1617). | |
| City of Luxembourg | Illustration from 1649 | |
| Cuzco | On top frieze of "Americae nova tabula" (1617) | |
| Damascus | On top frieze of "Appendix Theatri A.Ortelii Et Atlantis G. Mercatoris"(1631 but map dates to 1617). | |
| El Escurial | The Escorial by Joan Blaeu | |
| Florence | ||
| Forts and Castles Gold Coast | Elmina | |
| Historic Cairo | On top frieze of Appendix Theatri A. Ortelii et Atlantis G. Mercatoris (1631) | |
| Island of Mozambique | On top frieze of Appendix Theatri A. Ortelii et Atlantis G. Mercatoris (1631) | |
| Kandy | On top frieze of "Appendix Theatri A.Ortelii Et Atlantis G. Mercatoris"(1631 but map dates to 1617). | |
| Kasbah of Algiers | On top frieze of Appendix Theatri A. Ortelii et Atlantis G. Mercatoris (1631) | |
| Kremlin and Red Square | Detail from "Urbis Moskvae". First appeared in World Atlas in 1662 but is throught to date from before 1630s and is based on a survey commi8sioned by Boris Gudunov (d 1605) | |
| Macao | On top frieze of "Appendix Theatri A.Ortelii Et Atlantis G. Mercatoris"(1631 but map dates to 1617). | |
| Mexico City and Xochimilco | On top frieze of "Americae nova tabula" (1617) | |
| Old City of Jerusalem | On top frieze of "Appendix Theatri A.Ortelii Et Atlantis G. Mercatoris"(1631 but map dates to 1617). | |
| Old Havana | On top frieze of "Americae nova tabula" (1617) | |
| Olinda | On top frieze of "Americae nova tabula" (1617) | |
| Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) | ||
| Potosi | On top frieze of "Americae nova tabula" (1617) | |
| Rio de Janeiro | On top frieze of "Americae nova tabula" (1617) | |
| San Marino and Mount Titano | "The fame of San Marino (...) was disseminated by means of an extraordinary double view of Mount Titano (from Rimini and from the Apennines) by the brothers Giovanni and Cornelio Blaeu in the work "Theatrum Civitatum et admirandorum Italiae, ad aevi veteris et praesentis temporibus faciem"." (Nomination file, p. 72, illustration at p. 54) | |
| Santo Domingo | On top frieze of "Americae nova tabula" (1617) | |
| Trier | Igel Column by Joan Blaeu | |
| Valletta | ||
| Verona |
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