Frederick De Wit (1630 - 1706)

After the decline of the Blaeu and Jansson publishing houses Frederick de Wit gained a well deserved reputation for the quality of his mapmaking. He managed to aquire a large number of copper plates at auction and with these he was able to cover almost every type of cartography : nautical charts, world atlases, books of town plans and panoramas and large scale wall maps.

Common to all his work was superb engraving and exceptional colouring resulting in maps of particular beauty and historic interest. His work was hugely popular and continued to be so after his death when many further editions were published.