Gerard van Schagen explained

Gerrit Lucasz van Schagen or Schaagen (Latinised Gerardus a Schagen) (was an engraver and cartographer from Amsterdam, known for his exquisite reproductions of maps, particularly of those by Nicolaes Visscher I and Frederick de Wit.[1] [2] [3] He lived and worked in Amsterdam, on the Haarlemmerdijk near the New Haarlem sluice at the house with the sign "In de Stuurman".[4]

The surname suggests that Gerrit or his father Lucas may have been born in Schagen. 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."[5] After the death of Geertruij in September 1690,[6] Gerrit, as widower of Geertruij and still living on the Haarlemmerdijk, remarried on 7 October 1695 with the 34-year old Anna Cornelis.[5] Gerrit and Anna baptized children between 1697 and 1701 and together were witnesses at other baptisms as late as June 1712.[7] A Gerrit van Schagen was buried 19 March 1724 at the Karthuizer cemetery in Amsterdam.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: van Schagen 1680 World & Continents . 2009-01-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160410112031/http://www.helmink.com/Antique_Map_van_Schagen_World/Scans/van%20Schagen%20World/index.html . 2016-04-10 . dead .
  2. http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/cgi/i/image/image-idx?sid=314a0176db9cc5c4d98da8d2c09526c8;type=boolean;view=reslist;c=carto;;rgn1=carto_ve;q1=Schagen Catalog of van Schagen's maps
  3. http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/cgi/i/image/image-idx?c=carto;page=index;tpl=p_schagen.tpl Biographical sketch
  4. He signed his maps in the lower right corner with variations of "t'Amsterdam Gedruckt by G. van Schagen, by de Nieuwe Haerlemmer Sluys."
  5. https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/ondertrouwregisters_1565-1811/zoek/query.nl.pl?i1=1&v1=gerrit&a1=schagen&t1=van Marriage records of Gerrit van Schagen at the Amsterdams Stadsarchief
  6. https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/begraafregisters_1553-1811/zoek/query.nl.pl?i1=1&v1=gerrit&a1=schaagen Burial record of Geertruijt van Schijndel at the Amsterdams Stadsarchief
  7. https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/doopregisters_1564-1811/zoek/query.nl.pl?i1=1&v1=gerrit&vf1=1&a1=schaagen Baptism records at the Amsterdams Stadsarchief
  8. https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/begraafregisters_1553-1811/zoek/query.nl.pl?i1=1&v1=gerrit&a1=schagen Burial records of Gerrit van Schagen in Amsterdam

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