Middle East: Dutch engraved map depicting 'the Promised Land of Canaan', by Nicolaes Visscher I (1618-1679), Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, 1682

Nicolaes Visscher I (1618-1679) was a Dutch cartographer, engraver and publisher, the son of famed Dutch Golden Age draughtsman Claes Janszoon Visscher. He produced various double hemisphere maps, often working alongside his son, Nicolaes Visscher II, who continued the family tradition after his death.

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