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MapA Drawing (with a Western Perspective) of the East Indies from the Promontory of Good Hope to Cape Comorin.
Occidentalior Tractus Indiarum Orientalium a Promontorio Bonae Spei ad C. Comorin This portolan map by the Dutch engraver, publisher, and map seller Frederick de Wit (1629 or 1630-1706) shows the Indian Ocean from the Cape of Good Hope to the west coast of India (Malabar). The map was first published in 1675 and was reprinted in 1715. It is oriented with east at the top. Kishm is placed in the present-day United Arab Emirates (UAE)...- Contributor: Wit, Frederik De
- Date: 1675-01-01
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MapL'Amerique dressé sur les observations
Title from cartouche: America | America Relief shown pictorially. Central map flanked by 10 views of cities and towns on each side, printed on 3 strips of paper. Publisher information on separate sheets, pasted over the original de Wit imprint which was printed on the same strip as the lowest town views. Title also printed separately. 9 leaves of text below central map. Beneath title: I. Ottens excudit cum privilegie...- Contributor: Wit, Frederik De - R. & J. Ottens
- Date: 1730
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MapRegni et insulæ Hiberniæ delineatio in qua sont Lagenia, Ultonia, Connachia et Momonia provenciæ. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Wit, Frederik De
- Date: 1700-01-01
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MapBelgian Ath, Called Aeth and Ath in French / F. de Witt.
Athum belgicé Aeth et Ath Gallicé dictum / F. de Witt This map, showing the fortifications surrounding the city of Ath, is the work of Frederik de Wit (1630-1706), the founder of a dynasty of three generations of Dutch map publishers, all named Frederik. The de Wit firm produced many kinds of maps, but specialized in maps of cities and atlases of city maps. Located in present-day Hainaut province in French-speaking Belgium, Ath was conquered...- Contributor: Wit, Frederik De
- Date: 1694-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapNovissima ac prae caeteris aliis accuratissima Regni et insulae Hiberniae delineatio in qua sont Lagenia, Ultonia, Connachia et Momonia provenciae : divisae in triginta duos comitatus qui et sunt divisis in omnes ...
Regni et insulae Hiberniae delineatio Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Wit, Frederik De - Mortier, Pierre
- Date: 1700-01-01
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MapNova Persiæ, Armeniæ, Natoliæ, et Arabiæ
Nova Persiae, Armeniae, Natoliae, et Arabiae Relief shown pictorially. "Gemeene Duytsche mylen van 15 in een graedt." Exhibition: Jordanian Display, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May 25-27, 2005. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Wit, Frederik De
- Date: 1666-01-01
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MapAccurately Delineated Ichnographic Plans of All the Cities and Towns in the 17 Provinces of the Netherlands.
Theatrum ichnographicum omnium urbium et præcipuorum oppidorum Belgicarum XVII Theatrum ichnographicum omnium urbium et præcipuorum oppidorum Belgicarum XVII Provinciarum peraccurate delineatarum (Accurately delineated ichnographic plans of all the cities and towns in the seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands), commonly known as the De Wit Atlas, is a city atlas containing maps and prints of key monuments in Dutch cities. The name comes from its creator, Frederick de Wit (1630-1706), an influential cartographer, engraver,...- Contributor: Wit, Frederik De
- Date: 1699-01-01
- Resource: - 136 pages
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MapNova totivs Americæ descriptio.
Nova totius Americæ descriptio Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Vault- Contributor: Wit, Frederik De
- Date: 1660-01-01
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MapNova totius terrarum orbis tabula. Relief shown pictorially. Includes two ancillary polar hemispheres and illustrations. LC copy foldlined, with three pin holes in lower margin. Hand coloring to delineate continental boundaries only. Shirley, Rodney W. Mapping of the world. 1983, 499 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Wit, Frederik De
- Date: 1680-01-01
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MapNew Persia, Armenia, Anatolia and Arabia.
Nova Persiæ, Armeniæ, Natoliæ, et Arabiæ This highly decorative map of the Middle East is by the Dutch engraver, publisher, and map seller Frederick de Wit (1629 or 1630-1706). It was published in Amsterdam in about 1666. The map covers the regions from present-day Turkey and Egypt to Afghanistan and the Arabian Peninsula, the Red Sea, the Nile River, Cyprus, Asia Minor, the Gulf of Aden, Armenia, the Caspian Sea,...- Contributor: Wit, Frederik De - Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1666-01-01
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MapNova totius terrarum orbis tabula Relief shown pictorially. Includes col. ill. Insets: Polus arcticus -- Polus antarcticus -- Polus septentrionalis -- Systema mundi juxtamentem Claudii Ptolemaei Alexand -- Genuinum mundi systema secundum N. Copernici hypothesin -- Polus meridionalis. Mounted on cloth. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined vertically in half. Pin holes in cloth tape in all corners. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Wit, Frederik De
- Date: 1660-01-01
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MapTotius Africæ accuratissima tabula Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Wit, Frederik De
- Date: 1688-01-01
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MapMagnae Tartariae magni mogolis imperii Iaponiae et Chinae nova descriptio. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in De Wit's Atlas. LC copy stamped on: 493. Mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Wit, Frederik De
- Date: 1680-01-01
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MapPeloponnesus hodie Moreæ Regnum : distincté divisum in omnes suas provincias, hodiernas atque veteres, cui et adiuguntur insulæ Cefalonia, Zante, Cerigo et St. Maura Relief shown pictorially. Originally printed on 3 sheets. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined, annotated in ink on verso: 22. Includes ill. of lion with enslaved human figures shown in embellished title cartouche. Views of fortified towns in outer margins: Navarino -- Zarnata -- Casl. Tornese -- Corinto -- Malvasia -- Patrasso -- Coron -- Napoli di Romania -- Modon -- Misitra olun Sparta -- Atene...
- Contributor: Wit, Frederik De
- Date: 1688-01-01
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MapNova orbis tabvla in lvcem edita
Nova orbis tabula in lucem edita Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the author's Atlas. Amsterdam, 1688? Includes maps of the north polar region and south polar region and col. ill. Vertically fold-lined in half. Mounted on paper, mounted on cloth. LC copy imperfect: Pin holes in cloth tape at fold and in all corners. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Wit, Frederik De
- Date: 1688-01-01