Blaeu World Map - Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum 18x24"Map re print of Joan Blaeu's ornate new World Map: Nova et accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula ("New and most accurate map of the whole world") first published in the first volume of his eleven volume Atlas Maior, published in Amsterdam in 1662. This is more than just a world map, it is a poetic representation of Earth's place in the cosmos and in time. Historians believe that Blaeu derived the geographical content used here from earlier maps,