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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