1680 Tabula Comitatus Artesiae amended by Frederik de Wit
This map shows the northern part of France, the Netherlands and Belgium. Published by: de Wit, Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1680. Technique: Copperplate engraving / Original colour. Type: Antique map, map Category: Artesia. Date of issue: 1680-1686. Size: 480 x 580 mm (18¼ x 21¾ inches). Frederik de Wit was a Dutch cartographer and artist. Frederik de Wit was born Frederik Hendriksz. He was born into a Protestant family around 1629 in Gouda, a small town in the province of Holland, one of the seven united provinces of the Netherlands. His father Hendrik Fredericsz (1608 – 29 July 1668)[2] was a hechtmaecker (knife handle maker) from Amsterdam,[3] and his mother Neeltij Joosten (d. before 1658) was the daughter of a merchant from Gouda. Frederik was married on 29 August 1661 to Maria van der Way (1632–1711), the daughter of a wealthy Catholic merchant from Amsterdam.[4] From about 1648 until his death at the end of July 1706, De Wit lived and worked in Amsterdam. Frederik and Maria had seven children, but only one, Franciscus Xaverius (1666–1727), survived them.[5] By 1648, at the height of the Dutch Golden Age, De Wit had moved from Gouda to Amsterdam. As early as 1654, he opened a printing press and shop under the name "De Drie Crabben" (The Three Crabs), which was also the name of his house on the Kalverstraat.[6] In 1655, De Wit changed the name of his shop to "Witte Pascaert" (The White Map). Under this name, De Wit and his firm became internationally known.[7]
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