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Accuratissima totius Asiae tabula [cartographic material] : in omnes partes divisa, de nova correcta, ac in lucem edita /
No full textMap of Asia from Saudi Arabia, Russia, India, China, Japan to Southeast Asia with relief shown pictorially.; Title from decorative cartouche surrounded by figures with camel.; Plate from: Atlas sive descriptio terrarum orbis cum indicibus alphabeticis ... / Frederik de Wit. Amsterdam : Frederik de Wit, [1688?]; National Maritime Museum catalogue of the Library, v. 3, p. 208.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm169
Tabula Tartariae et majoris partis regni Chinae [cartographic material] /
No full textPlate 32 from: [Untitled atlas] / Frederick de Wit. Amsterdam : Frederik de Wit, [1666].; Map of Russian Far East, China and Japan with relief shown pictorially.; In lower right margin: Gedruckt t'Amsterdam by Frederick de Wit voor inde Calverstraet by den dam inde witte Pascaart.; National Maritime Museum catalogue of the Library, v. 3, p. 205.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm218
Orientaliora Indiarum Orientalium cum insulis adjacentibus `a promontorio C. Comorin ad Japan [cartographic material] = Pascaert van t'Ooster gedeelte van Oost Indien van C. Comorin ad Japan.
No full textMap of Southeast Asia focusing on the Dutch sphere of interest in the region. This map is detailed as well as decorative and shows India, Indochina, China, Japan, the Philippines, what is modern-day Indonesia, and the still only partially charted coasts of Australia and New Guinea. Decorations include sailing ships, compass roses and a title cartouche in the shape of a pagoda features a Chinese princess, a Chinese merchant and a variety of Chinese products. This classic format of Tasman discoveries in Hollandia Nova was still popular enough for the Ottens brothers to re-issue in 1745.; In upper right margin: 141.; North oriented to the right.; From: Atlas : tabulae maritimae ofte Zee-Kaarten / Frederik de Wit. Amsterdam : Frederik de Wit, [1675?]; NUC, pre 1956, v. 669, p. 621.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm1417.Pascaert van t'Ooster gedeelte van Oost Indien van C. Comorin ad Japa
Orientaliora Indiarum Orientalium cum insulis adjacentibus ?a promontorio C. Comorin ad Iapan = : Pascaert van t'Ooster gedeelte van Oost Indien van C. Comorin ad Iapan
No full textMap of Southeast Asia focusing on the Dutch sphere of interest in the region. This map is detailed as well as decorative and shows India, Indochina, China, Japan, the Philippines, what is modern-day Indonesia, and the still only partially charted coasts of Australia and New Guinea. Decorations include sailing ships, compass roses and a title cartouche in the shape of a pagoda features a Chinese princess, a Chinese merchant and a variety of Chinese products.; In upper right margin: 143.; North oriented to the right.; From: Atlas : tabulae maritimae ofte Zee-Kaarten / Frederik de Wit. Amsterdam : Frederik de Wit, [1675?]; NUC, pre 1956, v. 669, p. 621.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm1417.; In Latin and Dutch.; http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm1417Imprint: [Amsterdam : Frederik de Wit, 1680?
Africa 1688
No full text"Amstel. cum priv. D.D. Ord. Holl. et West-Fr."
Imprint: [Amsterdam : Frederik de Wit, 1688?].
Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridian: Ferro.
Hand colored in outline.
Illustrated hand colored title cartouche; sea decorated with ships.Color1:15,000,00
Holy Land Maps #80
No full textRelief shown pictorially.; Printing statement in Dutch.; From: Atlas / Frederik de Wit. Amsterdam, 1680, p. 20.; Oriented with north toward the right.; Along the top of the map is a garland supported by a cherubim; at bottom center, the encapment of the tribes flanked by Moses and Aaron is pictured.; From the Maps of the Holy Land collection of Kenneth Nebenzahl.Colo
Nova Orbis Tabula in Lucem Edita. A. F. de Wit.
No full text17th centuryCopper engraving handcolored with watercolor.
Outline color.
Printed at top within banner:
"Nova Orbis Tabula, In Lucem Edita, EA. F. de Wit. Amstelodami cum Privilegio Potentiss D. Dominarum Ordinum Hollandia et Westfrisiae."
Written in upper left corner:
"6."
Illustrates the world in two hemispheric projections and two polar projections above and below the hemispheres. Depicts California as an island and shows New Guinea as "Nova Guinea" and an area in South Pacific next to New Guinea called "Quiri Regio."
Includes illustrations of classical scenes in each corner of the map representing the four seasons and referring to the elements as well as signs of the Zodiac. Cherubs appear in the spaces between the hemispheres and polar projection insets.
Scale: 1:74,000,000
West 180 degrees-East 180 degrees / North 90 degrees-South 90 Degrees.
Note from researcher (12/2014): Shown here is an example of the 6th state of De Wit’s second world map and can be dated to after 1697. This date comes from two details found on the map: firstly De Wits privilege that he received in 1689 (Amstelodami cum Privilegio Potentiss. D. Dominorum Ordinum Hollandiæ et Westfrisiæ.) Secondly the addition of the reference letters in the borders of the hemispheres that were added after 1690. The third detail is the dotted borders added in North America. (Examples only found in atlases that can be dated to after 1697)(Carhart: 2011)Frederik de Wit (1629/30-1706) was a major Dutch cartographer and publisher in Amsterdam. He founded his business in 1648 and produced a number of wall maps, world atlases, sea charts, and "town books" throughout the seventeenth century. In 1674, he purchased a few Blaeu map plates and later purchased some of Jannson's plates. His work was very popular and he became well-known for his attractive engraving and coloring. His works include "Atlases" (c.a. 1670), "Atlas Minor" (1670), "Zee Atlas" (1675), "Atlas Belgium" (1666-7), "Atlas Major" (1690) and "Orbis Maritimus ofte Zee Atlas" (1675) (Moreland and Bannister, 115; Tooley 670).
This map was first produced between the mid-1660s and early 1670s. Shirley believes its creation dates to be early due to the "less well-developed form of Hudson's Bay, the out-date configuration of the Great Lakes and the marking of Spitzbergen in outline only" (469). In its first state, the cusps of the map were empty and there was no outer border. In the second plate used to print this map c.a. 1680, New Guinea or "Nova Guinea" and "Quiri Regio" have been added to the South Pacific in the left hemisphere (Shirley, 469). Shirley believes it be one of the "most attractive [maps] of its time" noting the balance of the "four seasons, the elements and the signs of the zodiac" within the illustrations located in the four corners of the map on either side of the smaller polar projection insets (468-9).
Source(s): Moreland, Carl and David Bannister. "Antique Maps: A Collector's Handbook." New York: Longman Group, Ltd., 1983.
Shirley, Rodney W. "The Mapping of the World: Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700. Riverside, CT: Early World Press Ltd., 2001.
Tooley, Ronald Vere. "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers." Hertfordshire: Map Collector Publications Limited, 1979
Accuratissima totius Asiae tabula [cartographic material] : in omnes partes divisa, de nova correcta, ac in lucem edita /
No full textMap of Asia with relief shown pictorially.; Plate probably from: Atlas major / autore Frederico de wit = Le Grand Atlas, contenant les Cartes Geographiques de toutes les parties du monde ...; Koeman, C&M2.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2423
Palestine 1680
No full textRelief shown pictorially. Printing statement in Dutch. From: Atlas / Frederik de Wit. Amsterdam, 1680, p. 20. Oriented with north toward the right. Laor, E. Maps of the Holy Land, 860. Along the top of the map is a garland supported by a cherubim; at bottom center, the encapment of the tribes flanked by Moses and Aaron is pictured.Color;1:600,00
Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae description
No full text17th centuryCopper engraving handcolored with ink.
Outline color.
Printed in lower left corner in cartouche:
"Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio. Per F. De Wit. Amstelodami."
Printed in upper left corner in cartouche surrounded by angels:
"America. Nomen nabet ab Americo Vesputio, Florentino, qui Emanuelis Portgalie Regis auspiciis. á Gadibus, Anno 1497 profectus primus ex Europaeis, quantum auidem constat, eam ingressus est. Quanquam prior christophorus Columbus, Genuensis, Anno 1492. Jussu Ferdinandi, Regis Castellae, Insulas Americae Hispaniolam, Cubam et Iamaicam detexerit."
Depicts California as an island and shows two seas labeled "Mare Vermio" and "Mare Rubrum" between California and the west coast of North America, Of note, "Nova Francia" or land belonging to France stretches from the west coast of North America to the east coast and up to Canada. British possession is seen only in Terra Labrador in Canada marked under "Nova Britagnia." The Canary Islands, the Cabo Verde islands and the Azores are displayed prominently off the coast of Africa.
The map depicts various animals in the midwest and western section of North America. Surrounding the title cartouche in lower left corner is a scene depicting natives showing obeyance and offering goods and services to their ruler who wears a crown of feathers. Within South America in "Brasilia," an image of two native tribes at war and a native village appear. Four figures surround the cartouche describing America, one an angel, one who is holding a cross, one who appears to be a depiction of evil and another wearing a native headdress.
Scale: 1:35,000,000.Frederik de Wit (1610-1698) was a major Dutch cartographer and publisher in Amsterdam. He founded his business in 1648 and produced a number of wall maps, world atlases, sea charts, and “town books” throughout the seventeenth century. In 1674, he purchased a few Blaeu map plates and later purchased some of Jannson’s plates. His work was very popular and he became well-known for his attractive engraving and coloring. His works include “Atlases” (c.a. 1670), “Atlas Minor” (1670), “Zee Atlas” (1675), “Atlas Belgium” (1666-7), “Atlas Major” (1690) and “Orbis Maritimus ofte Zee Atlas” (1675) (Moreland and Bannister, 115; Tooley 670).
This map was first produced in the 1670s, following an earlier map from a different plate published in 1660 (Burden, 458). Here de Wit shows that France has all the land between "Southern Labrador and Florida" and "with the exception of New Foundland, English claims along the east coast are ignored" (Portinaro and Knirsch, 190-1). The map is a combination of multiple sources including knowledge of California as an island from Luke Foxe (Burden, 458). The map was originally created by another catographer, Nicolaes Visscher which shows the original illustration of the natives forewards rather than backwards as depicted in this map. Tooley also notes that this map shows the Great Lakes, two of which are open (Tooley 120, entry 30).
Source(s): Burden, Philip D. "The Mapping of North America: A List of Printed Maps 1511-1670." Rickmansworth, England: Raleigh Publications, 1996.
Leighly, John. "California as an Island: An Illustrated Essay." San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1972.
McLaughlin, Glen and Nancy H. Mayo. "The Mapping of California as an Island: An Illustrated Checklist." Saratoga, CA: California Map Society, 1995.
Moreland, Carl and David Bannister. "Antique Maps: A Collector's Handbook." New York: Longman Group, Ltd., 1983.
Portinaro, Pierluigi and Franco Knirsch. "The Cartography of North America 1500-1800." New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1987.
Tooley, Ronald Vere. "Chapter 3: California as an Island: A Geographic Misconception Illustrated by 100 Examples from 1625 to 1770." In "The Mapping of America." Ed. by Ronald Vere Tooley. London: Holland Press, 1985. 110-134.
---. "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers." Hertfordshire: Map Collector Publications Limited, 1979.
Wheat, Carl I. "Mapping the Transmississippi West." Volume 1. San Francisco: Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957
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