The plan of Amsterdam was published for the first time in the town book by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Janssonius" class="extiw" title="en:Jan Janssonius">Jan Janssonius</a> (1588-1664). Janssonius carefully copied the plan from an earlier plan from the town book of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Blaeu" class="extiw" title="en:Joan Blaeu">Joan Blaeu</a> in 1649. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_de_Wit" class="extiw" title="en:Frederik de Wit">Frederik de Wit</a> (1630-1706) acquired the copper plate from the inheritance of Janssonius and published the plan under his own name in his town books.
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Publisher: Frederick de Wit inde Kalverstraet by den Dam inde Witte Pascaert</div>
after 1688 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1688-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1688-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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