Insula Candia Ejusque fortificatio.

Frederick de Wit, the progenitor of a line of three cartographers. F. De Wit opened his workshop in Amsterdam in 1648, after having trained with the cartographer Willen Janzoon Blaeu.

Blaeu’s studio was burnt down in 1672, after which J. Blaeu died and the plates that survived were auctioned off, many purchased by De Wit. The Wit family’s workshop also included the son and grandson of the founder of the line, all three of whom possessed and signed with the same name. The workshop continued in operation until approximately 1710, when the widow of F. De Wit sold the plates to Pieter Mortier.

The map is decorated with ships and angelic figures. Scale: [c. 1: 1.406.468].