Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1709

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Dates

Existence: 1618 - 1709

Biography

Nicolaes Visscher I (25 January 1618, Amsterdam – buried 11 September 1679, Amsterdam) was a Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher. He was the son of Claes Janszoon Visscher. His son, Nicolaes Visscher II (1649–1702), also worked with him and continued the family tradition of mapmaking after his death. Visscher died in Amsterdam in 1679 and was buried in the Nieuwezijds Kapel on 11 September of that year,though a death year of 1709 is maintained by some sources.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Belgii regii accuratissima tabula (Amsterdam)

Folder: 9, Box 8

Part of MS-1425: Bhavsar Map Collection

Date(s): 1658

Scope and Contents

From: Atlas Maior, Jan Jansson, 1658

Found in: Bhavsar Map Collection Printed Maps Box: 8

Fortified city plans along the Rhine River (Amsterdam)

Folder: 4, Box 16

Part of MS-1425: Bhavsar Map Collection

Date(s): 1690

Scope and Contents

From: Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa, qua Orbis Terrarum, Nicolaes Visscher, 1690

Found in: Bhavsar Map Collection Printed Maps Box: 16

Novissima Comitatus Zutphaniae Totiusq Fluminis Isulae Descriptio... (Amsterdam)

Folder: 3, Box 10

Part of MS-1425: Bhavsar Map Collection

Date(s): 1684

Scope and Contents

From: Germania Inferior, sive XVII Provinciarum Geographicae generales ut et particulares tabulae, Nicolaes Visscher, circa 1684

Found in: Bhavsar Map Collection Printed Maps Box: 10

Pars Septentrionalis Brabantiae et Circumstentium Provinciarum (Amsterdam)

Folder: 7, Box 3

Part of MS-1425: Bhavsar Map Collection

Date(s): 1625

Scope and Contents

Contains printed maps dated from 1572 to 1791, many in color, depicting areas of various regions in Europe, mostly Germany and the Netherland, but also France, Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Luxembourg, and the Czech Republic.

Found in: Bhavsar Map Collection Printed Maps Box: 3

Perfecte Kaerte va t’Berger En Broucborger Ambacht, mitsgaders de Wateringen ende de Vier Dycken... (Amsterdam)

Folder: 5, Box 8

Part of MS-1425: Bhavsar Map Collection

Date(s): 1658

Scope and Contents

Found in: Bhavsar Map Collection Printed Maps Box: 8

Title: Tabula Ducatus Brabantiae continens Marchionatum Sacri Imperii... (Amsterdam)

Folder: 4, Box 8

Part of MS-1425: Bhavsar Map Collection

Date(s): 1658

Scope and Contents

From: Atlas Maior (Dutch edition), Jan Jansson, 1658

Found in: Bhavsar Map Collection Printed Maps Box: 8