The Atlas Van Loon is commissioned by the wealthy citizen of Amsterdam Frederik Willem van Loon (1644-1708). The Atlas van Loon contains amongst others both town books of the Northern and Southern Netherlands from 1649 produced by Joan Blaeu, the most noted Dutch cartographer from the Golden Age.

The clickable image map below provides a cartographic index linking to the detailed town maps in both town books of the Northern (blue dots) and Southern (red dots) Netherlands available from the Memory of the Netherlands (het Geheugen van Nederland), a digital treasury, full of information about the Dutch past. [sometimes the city maps are not displayed immediately; if you use the page refresh button of your browser once or twice the maps will display]

Toonneel der Steden van de Vereenighde Nederlanden, Met hare Beſchrijvingen, Uytgegeven By Joan Blaeu Town Book of the Northern Netherlands
Toonneel der Steden van 's Konings Nederlanden, Met hare Beſchrijvingen, Uytgegeven By Joan Blaeu Town Book of the Southern Netherlands
	The map above of the Dutch Seventeen Provinces titled Novissima et accuratissima XVII PROVINCIARUM GERMANIAE INFERIORIS Delineatio was published by Nicolaas Visscher around 1681. (This map is not from the Atlas Van Loon but from the Atlas Van der Hagen) The map of Brussels in not available from the Memory of the Netherlands.

© 2009. Peter Ekamper - Ekamper.net, Netherlands.