Social Standing in Amsterdam
Through his marriage to Maria van der Way in 1661, he obtained in 1662, the rights of Amsterdam citizenship and was able to become a member of the Guild of Saint Luke in 1664. In 1689 De Wit requested and received a fifteen year privilege from the States Holland and West-Friesland, that protected his right to publish and sell his maps. Then in 1694, he was named a good citizen of the city of Amsterdam.
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