Gerrit Lucasz van Schagen or Schaagen ( Latinised as Gerardus a Schagen; ) was an engraver and

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, known for his exquisite reproductions of maps, particularly of those by

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Frederick de Wit Frederik de Wit (born Frederik Hendriksz; – July 1706) was a Dutch cartographer and artist. Early years Frederik de Wit was born Frederik Hendriksz. He was born to a Protestant family in about 1629, in Gouda, a small city in the ...

. He lived and worked in Amsterdam, on the Haarlemmerdijk near the New Haarlem sluice at the house with the sign "In de Stuurman". The surname suggests that Gerrit or his father Lucas may have been born in

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. On 24 April 1677 he married Gertruij Govers van Schendel/Schijndel. At this occasion he was "from Amsterdam, ''plaetsnijder'' (engraver) from profession, 35 years old, and living on the Haarlemmerdijk."Marriage records of Gerrit van Schagen at the Amsterdams Stadsarchief
/ref> After the death of Geertruij in September 1690, Gerrit, as widower of Geertruij and still living on the Haarlemmerdijk, remarried on 7 October 1695 with the 34-year old Anna Cornelis. Gerrit and Anna baptized children between 1697 and 1701 and together were witnesses at other baptisms as late as June 1712. A Gerrit van Schagen was buried 19 March 1724 at the Karthuizer cemetery in Amsterdam.Burial records of Gerrit van Schagen in Amsterdam
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1640s births 1724 deaths 17th-century Dutch cartographers Engravers from Amsterdam 18th-century Dutch cartographers {{Netherlands-bio-stub