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Novissima et Accuratissima totius Americae descriptio. Per F. De Wit. Amstelodami. D. de Wit excudit. [cartographic material]

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[1670-1680].

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Local class no.: H2/1-2000/[1670-1680], A/1-2000/[1670-1680][1688], Box number: 2000232439

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A/1-2000/[1670-1680][1688], H2/1-2000/[1670-1680]

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Maps and cartographic material

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4143415

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Maps, plans and charts

North America

1-2000 - North and South America

Novissima et Accuratissima totius Americae descriptio. Per F. De Wit. Amstelodami. D. de Wit excudit.
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Date(s):

[1670-1680].

Place:

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Place of creation:

Canada

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S.N,

Extent:

1 map : print, hand col ; 49.0 x 58.0.

Language of material:

English

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Wit, Frederick de, 1630-1706

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Illus: Decorative cartouche surrounding title. Shows natives, snakes, etc; 11.2 x 30.5. Decorative cartouche surrounding note on America. Shows the allegorical triumph of Christianity over the devil or heathenism.
See Ottens version H2/1-2000/[ca.1745] NMC27752
The map is a very close copy of one drawn by Nicolas Visscher c.1670. the cartouches are the same on both maps however on the De Wit copies they have been reversed. Also De Wit has added more ships and place names. Note the curious representation of Hudson's Bay and California as an island. The map was probably published shortly after Visscher's in 1670. However it is extremely difficult to date De Wit's: maps, as he rarely dated either his atlases or his maps. The second copy listed is from a copy of De Wit's: Aenwysing atlas which has been very tentatively dated 1688 due to the presence in the atlas of a map bearing that date. In fact it may not be a true atlas, as it does not contain a title-page. Therefore it may simply be a compilation.
The map in this atlas is identical in context to the one previously described however there are differences. For example all the small ships that are on the previous state have been removed. The numbers indicating degrees of longtitude have also all been decreased by 2 degrees. Hence on the first state one line might be indicated as 190 while on the other state the number is 188. The N.M.C. also holds a copy of Visscher's [1670] map upon which these were based. Also held is a later edition of this map by De Wit. This map was probably first published c.1680 and then certain additions made after 1688.
R.V. Tooley, "California as an Island in No. 8 Map Collectors' Circle, p. 14. See also: H6/1-2000/[1688] for a later edition. See also: E/1-2000/[1670] for a copy of the Visscher map.

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The microfiche version is NMC24793

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Box [1-2000 NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA [1670-80]] 2000232439

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