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Frederik de Wit: Noua et accurata totius Americae tabula   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Frederik de Wit  (1630–1706)  wikidata:Q1402952
 
Alternative names
Frederic, Frederik, Frederico, Fredericus; de Witt, de Widt.
Description Dutch cartographer, printmaker, copper engraver and visual artist
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata 1706 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Gouda Amsterdam
Work period 17th century
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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artist QS:P170,Q1402952
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Noua et accurata totius Americae tabula
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English: Zoom into this map at maps.bpl.org.

Location: America Call Number: G3290 1660.W5

Published by the noted mid-17th century Dutch cartographer, Frederick de Wit, this remarkably well preserved wall map of the Americas is previously unrecorded. With its large and masterful design, it is beautifully engraved and embellished, highlighted by the best Dutch coloring of the period. Early Dutch wall maps, perhaps the most decorative printed maps ever produced, are relatively uncommon today, primarily because their large size and public display lead to extensive damage and fading. According to the map's title, it presents a "new" and "accurate" geographic image of both Americas. However, its depiction of the North American west coast appears unfamiliar and inaccurate to modern eyes. This portrayal of California as an island was a long-held cartographic myth, based on incomplete and mistaken information that had gained wide acceptance among British and Dutch cartographers since the 1630s.
Nederlands: 6 bladige wandkaart + txt
Date 1660
date QS:P571,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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http://maps.bpl.org Noua et accurata totius Americae tabula

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