Nicolaas Witsen

Patronymic:

Cornelis

Antony's:

correspondent

Birth or Baptism date:

May 8, 1648

Death or Burial date:

August 10, 1717

Witsen was a diplomat, cartographer, and collector. He was a member of the Royal Society after 1689. He was also a thirteen-time mayor of Amsterdam.

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Parents

Father:

Cornelis Jan Witsen

What happened?

Date	Event
July 1, 1696	Nicolaas Witsen wrote Letter L-291 of sometime before July 1696 to Leeuwenhoek about an enclosed mineral, map, and letter

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Year	Author	Title
1697	Leeuwenhoek, A. van	Sesde Vervolg

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Period 5 - 1702-1712
Specimens: Sperm

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What Leeuwenhoek wrote ...
Wrote Letter L-287 of 1696-03-08 to Nicolaas Witsen about white mace caused by vermin, a moth from a larva taken from mace, larvae and wings of the merchant grain beetle, and nutmeg; warehouses should be painted to protect spices from vermin
Wrote Letter L-292 of 1696-07-06 to Nicolaas Witsen about his analysis of the mineral that Witsen sent with Letter L-291, ant stings, and lacquer particles on a tree that originate from the tree itself, not from ants
Wrote Letter L-294 of 1696-07-10 to Nicolaas Witsen about demonstrating the rotation of the earth with the aid of a glass globe filled with water in which wax particles are floating.

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