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C1675
Orientaliora Indiarum Orientalium cum insulis adjacentibus a promontorio C.Comorin ad Japan. Pascaert van t’ooster gedeelte van Oost Indien van C.Comorin tot Japan.
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Magnificent Dutch sea chart published in de Wit’ Orbis Maritimus ofte Zee Atlas in 1675, with north orientated to the left and Australia shown with Dutch discoveries up to Tasman’ second voyage 1644 but excluding his first voyage discoveries due … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Orientaliora Indiarum Orientalium cum insulis adjacentibus a promontorio C.Comorin ad Japan. Pascaert van t’ooster gedeelte van Oost Indien van C.Comorin tot Japan.
Date:
C1675
Mapmaker:
Condition:
Paper aged toned with some light spotting, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
540mm
x 440mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1675
Description:
Magnificent Dutch sea chart published in de Wit’ Orbis Maritimus ofte Zee Atlas in 1675, with north orientated to the left and Australia shown with Dutch discoveries up to Tasman’ second voyage 1644 but excluding his first voyage discoveries due to the geographical limits of the map. A number of other mapmakers made near identical charts using the same orientation, including van Loon 1661, Goos 1666, Doncker 1669 and Seller 1670. This map was based on the prototype by van Loon, issued in his Klaer Lichtende Noort-Ster Ofte Zee Atlas . At lower left de Wit places a decorative title cartouche comprising numerous robed figures, birds and trade goods. It’ use as a sea chart is borne by the numerous rhumb lines and compass points. The other Dutch discoveries noted include: Hartog 1616, Houtman 1619, van Leeuwin 1622, Cartensz 1623, Nuyts 1627 and de Wit 1628. The characteristic feature of Dutch charts produced in the second half of the seventeenth century is that they were based solely on the results of actual observation and where that was lacking, no coastlines were shown. References: Clancy p.83, ill.6.13,Clancy (R) p.87, ill.88-89, Parry p.119, ill pl 4.31, Perry p.51, ill.23, Quirino p.112, Tooley 1369, ill. pl.100, p.204, Suarez p.209, Walter ill. pl.40
Frederick de Wit (1630 - 1706)
De Wit was born Frederik Hendriksz was born to a Protestant family in Gouda, Netherlands. Frederik was married on 29 August 1661, to Maria van der Way (1632–1711), the daughter of a wealthy Catholic merchant in Amsterdam and from about 1648 until his death in 1706 lived and worked in Amsterdam. By 1654 he had opened a printing office and shop under the name "De Drie Crabben" (the Three Crabs), in 1655, he changed the name to, "Witte Pascaert" (the White Chart). By 1654 he began to publish his first charts and by 1662 he issued his first complete atlas. By 1671, he was publishing a large folio atlas with as many as 100 maps. In 1689, De Wit received a 15 year privilege from the states of Holland and West Friesland that protected his right to publish and sell his maps. After De Wit's death in 1706, his wife Maria continued the business for four years printing and editing De Wit's maps until 1710 when she sold the firms stock at auction. Most of the atlas plates and some of the wall map were sold to Pieter Mortier (1661–1711).
