Etching and aquatint Siciliae Regnum, 1652 Apud Guilielmum Blaeu (1571 Alkmaar - Amsterdam 1638). Mathematician ...

Etching and aquatint Siciliae Regnum, 1652 Apud Guilielmum Blaeu (1571 Alkmaar - Amsterdam 1638). Mathematician, astronomer and especially great cartographer, started business as a manufacturer of globes, but already in 1604 began the production of cards. In 1631, the famous public "Appendix", a work with a new vision of cartography. And 'an atlas that spreads around the world in an organic way and that continued after the death of the two sons of William, John and Cornelius arrives in twelve volumes. And 'the so-called "Geography Blaviana" model for a whole period for the accuracy of the cards, the color and even the refined craftsmanship presentation of parchment bindings. He died in 1638 intaglio printing continued until 1672 year when the factory burned down almost completely. "