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Pub Year Map Maker Pub Place Map Title Map Price (USD) Picture
1680Wit, Frederick deAmsterdamAccurata Totius Archipelagi et Graeciae Universae Tabula$1,050 Picture

An engraved map, with original outline color

Size: x inches X x inches; Scale: 1 inch = approximately XX miles.

Map Type: Atlas

This is a superior copy, with vivid hand-drawn outline colors. This map is archivally framed.

This map shows the entire Greek peninsula and Greek islands including the island of Crete. The cartouche is elaborate and highly decorative, with a figure surrounded by things representing knowledge and arts.

Frederick de Wit (1629/30-1706) first set up as a map maker and map seller in Amsterdam circa 1652.

References: Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, Volume 4 Page 402, Wit, Frederik de, Scott, Valerie, Map Collector Publications, Tring, Hertz, England, 1999

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