Dimensions: 54 x 62 cm
Condition
unframed
Literature
Imago Poloniae, 32/1
Biography
Dutch engraver, publisher and cartographer. Around 1648 he moved from his hometown of Gouda to Amsterdam, where in 1654 on Kalverstraat he opened a print store and store under the name "De Drie Crabben" ("Three Crabs"), renamed "Witte Pascaert" ("White Card") a year later. In 1661 he married Maria van der Way, the daughter of a wealthy merchant, making him a legitimate citizen of the city. In 1664 he joined the Amsterdam Guild of St. Luke. The fame of the "Witte Pascaert" company was brought by numerous published maps of the world and Dutch cities. The first of these, made by de Wit in 1649, depicted Haarlem. He soon made plans of Rijsel and Doornik, among others, followed by world maps: "Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore F. De Wit" and "Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula." De Wit is also the author of an atlas of the Netherlands, first published in 1667 under the name "Nieuw Kaertboeck van de XVII Nederlandse Provinciën."
