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Source Stadsarchief Amsterdam | Portrait Nicolaes Witsen, Image free to use
As a Cartograper , Nicolaes Witsen actively contributed to make the trans-Atlantic trade possible.
He also wrote a book called "Aeloude and hedendaegsche Scheepsbouw en Bestier", an important book that described new methods to build ships (shell first, rather than frame first)