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 3000 pages of text.

It was the largest and most expensive book published in the seventeenth century. Earlier; much smaller versions; titled Theatrum Orbis Terrarum; sive; Atlas Novus; were published from 1634 onwards.

Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter is the most famous; and one of the most skilled admirals in Dutch history; and is particularly renowned for his role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century. Pictures From History