The ''Atlas van Loon'' was commissioned by Frederik Willem van Loon of Amsterdam. It consists of a large number of maps published between 1649 and 1676:Geheugen van Nederland
/ref> The works includes both maritime atlases and country-specific maps which cover in detail areas of the Italian Peninsula (including

Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...

), the

Kingdom of France The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the Middle Ages, medieval and Early modern France, early modern period. It was one of the most powerful states in Europe from th ...

, the Old Swiss Confederacy, the

Dutch Republic The United Provinces of the Netherlands, commonly referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation that existed from 1579 until the Batavian Revolution in 1795. It was a predecessor state of the present-day Netherlands ...

, and the Spanish Netherlands.

* ''Volumes I to IX:'' The Dutch edition of Joan Blaeu's '' Atlas Maior'' (''Grooten Atlas'') of 1663-1665 * ''Volumes X, XI and XII:'' Blaeu's city books of Italy, covering the

Papal States The Papal States ( ; ; ), officially the State of the Church, were a conglomeration of territories on the Italian peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the pope from 756 to 1870. They were among the major states of Italy from the 8th c ...

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Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

, and

, all of 1663. * ''Volumes XIII and XIV:'' Two volumes of the French edition of Blaeu's '' Atlas Maior'', covering France and Switzerland, both of 1663. * ''Volumes XV and XVI:'' Blaeu's '' Toonneel der Steeden'', city books covering both the Northern and the Southern Netherlands, of 1649 * ''Volume XVII:'' Pieter Goos's ''Zee-atlas ofte water-wereld'' (''Maritime Atlas or Water World'') of 1676 * ''Volume XVIII:'' The French edition of Johannes Janssonius's ''Zeeatlas'' (''Maritime Atlas'') of 1657 The Atlas van Loon was acquired by the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum in 1996.

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Volume I:
''Atlas Maior'' I - Northern and Eastern Europe *
Volume II:
''Atlas Maior'' II - Germany and Central Europe *
Volume III:
''Atlas Maior'' III - the Low Countries *
Volume IV:
''Atlas Maior'' IV - England and Wales *
Volume V:
''Atlas Maior'' V - Scotland and Ireland *
Volume VI:
''Atlas Maior'' VI - France *
Volume VII:
''Atlas Maior'' VII - Italy and Greece *
Volume VIII:
''Atlas Maior'' VIII - Spain, Portugal, Africa and America *
Volume IX:
''Atlas Maior'' IX - Asia *
Volume X:
Italian Cities I - the Papal State *
Volume XI:
Italian Cities II - Rome *
Volume XII:
Italian Cities III - Naples and Sicily *
Volume XIII:
French edition ''Atlas Maior'' VII - France *
Volume XIV:
French edition ''Atlas Maior'' VIII - France and Switzerland *
Volume XV:
''Tooneel der Steeden'' I - cities and fortifications of the Dutch Republic *
Volume XVI:
''Tooneel der Steeden'' II - cities and fortifications of the Spanish Netherlands *
Volume XVII:
Goos' ''Zee-atlas ofte water-wereld'' *
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