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.[1] 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,[2] though a death year of 1709 is maintained by some sources.[1][3]
His engraved double hemisphere map, Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accuratissima Tabula, was created in 1658 in Amsterdam. It also contains smaller northern and southern polar projections. The border is decorated with mythological scenes, one in each corner, drawn by the painter Nicolaes Berchem, showing Zeus, Neptune, Persephone and Demeter. It is an early example of highly decorated Dutch world maps.[4][5]
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Novi Belgii Novæque Angliæ nec non partis Virginiæ tabula (1656)
Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accuratissima Tabula (1658)
Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio (1658)
Die Gelegenheit Des Paradeis Und Des Lands Canaan Mit Sampt Den Erst Bewohnten Landeren Der Partriarchen Auss Der H. Schrifft Und Anderen Auctoren Zusamen Getragen (1665)
History of geography (First undisputed non-Indigenous discovery, exploration and mapping of Australasia, including the Australian continent and New Zealand, excluding New Guinea, 1606–1646)
History of geodesy and surveying (First published systematic uses of the triangulation method in modern surveying and mapmaking, 1533–1615)
Note: 1 Depictions of early modern Netherlandish cartography, geography and cosmography (especially in the Golden Age of Netherlandish cartography, approximately 1570s–1670s) in works of art
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