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C1662
(1670)
Tabula Indiae orientalis.
Mapmaker:
Frederick de Wit (1630 - 1706)
The first of three maps of the East Indies that de Wit produced and published around 1679 before he was granted privilege in 1689 after which all his maps were marked with the annotation ‘cum privilegio’. An apprentice of Willem … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Tabula Indiae orientalis.
Date:
C1662
(1670)
Mapmaker:
Frederick de Wit (1630 - 1706)
Condition:
Paper a little aged tone, small repair to lower centre fold, two spots at upper left map, otherwise a good example in original condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
570mm
x 460mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1670
Description:
The first of three maps of the East Indies that de Wit produced and published around 1679 before he was granted privilege in 1689 after which all his maps were marked with the annotation ‘cum privilegio’.
An apprentice of Willem Blaeu, Frederick de Wit founded his own printing house in Amsterdam in 1648 and after the decline of the Blaeu and Jansson firms, became one of the most successful map publishers in the Netherlands. This map was engraved by Joannes Lhilier and extends from Persia to northern Australia including the Philippine archipelago, Borneo (Celebes) and Taiwan (Formosa). Northern Australia is shown with the following names given by Abel Tasman on his second voyage in 1644: ‘Van Diemens Landt’, ‘Baya van Diemen’ and ‘Vuyle hoeck’. The map is embellished with a superb decorative title cartouche surrounded by four oriental figures and a compass rose. The overall understated effect is typical of de Wit’s stylish maps.
From de Wit’s world atlas Atlas sive description Terrarum Orbis.
References: Parry p.115-119, ill.pl.4.28, Quirino p.109.
Mapmaker:
Frederick de Wit (1630-1706)
In 1648 De Wit opened a printing office in Amsterdam under the name “De Witte Pascaert”. The first map that was both engraved and dated by De Wit was that of Denmark in 1659. In 1675 De Wit released a nautical atlas. Besides atlases, he published 124 land maps and 27 sea maps on separate sheets. He was one of the leaing mapmakers of Golden period mapmaking.
