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Stock# 92725
Description
Fascinating sea chart of the Shetland Islands, first published by Frederick De Wit in 1680.
The chart is oriented with west at the top. The chart includes rhumb lines and topographical features.
Reiner & Joshua Ottens Biography
The Ottens brothers, Reiner and Joshua, operated a successful printing partnership in the mid-eighteenth century (fl. 1726-1765). They began the venture in 1726, publishing maps and other prints as “R & I Ottens.” They specialized in the reprinting of others’ work, especially Guillaume De L’Isle. In 1750, Reiner died; his soon, also Reiner, took his place, but the firm began listing their works as “Joshua & Reiner Ottens.” The firm lasted until Joshua’s death in 1765. Joshua’s widow, Johanna de Lindt, sold their remaining stock of plates in 1784.
![[Scotland] L'Ecosse dela le Tay, divisee en toutes ses Provinces: tiree des Cartes particulieres de Timot Pont, de R. Gordon a Straloch &c. . . . .1665](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/91091.jpg)