De Wits Atlases began to appear around 1662 and by 1671 he had published many atlases of different sizes containing between 17 to 151 maps. In 1671 he published a large folio atlas with as many as 100 maps. His atlas of the Low Countries first published in 1667, was named Nieuw Kaertboeck van de XVII Nederlandse Provinciën and contained 14 to 25 maps. De Wit quickly expanded upon his first small folio atlas which contained mostly maps printed from plates that he had acquired from other publishers.
De Wit expanded his business by buying plates from other map makers, including a large number of city plates from the famous Blaeu publishing house.
After De Wit's death in 1706, his wife Maria continued the business for four years printing and editing De Wit's maps until 1710 when she sold the plates to the publisher, Pieter Mortier
