Antique Map of Denmark with Details of Fortresses, 1680

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Antique map of Denmark titled 'Insularum Danicarum ut Zee-Landiae, Fioniae, Langelandiae, Lalandiae Falstriae, Fembriae, Monae (\.)'. This map depicts the … Read more Antique map of Denmark titled 'Insularum Danicarum ut Zee-Landiae, Fioniae, Langelandiae, Lalandiae Falstriae, Fembriae, Monae (\.)'. This map depicts the main Danish Islands and a small part of Sweden. Great detail of fortresses, cities, towns and tiny villages. Artists and Engravers: Frederick de Wit was known as a map publisher, engraver and seller. He worked in Amsterdam from the Kalverstraat (‘bij den Dam inde dry Crabben) to 1654 and then from ‘in de Witte paskaert from 1655 to 1706. He produced a prodigious amount of cartographic material including separate terrestrial maps and sea charts, sea and terrestrial atlases, wall maps, and town views. Many of his maps were superbly colored by master Dutch colourists of his day such as Dirck van Santen. De Wit also acquired numerous copperplates from those auctioned by the Blaeu and Janssonius publishing houses sometime after 1674 and republished these works, often with his imprint added. On his death in 1706, The business was continued for a time by his widow Maria untill 1709. In 1710, the De Wit plates were sold to Mortier, Van der Aa, and Renard. Condition: Good. Contemporary coloring. See less