[1] His son, Nicolaes Visscher II (1649–1702), also worked with him and continued the family tradition of mapmaking after his death.
[1][3] His engraved double hemisphere map, Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accuratissima Tabula, was created in 1658 in Amsterdam.
[4] It also contains smaller northern and southern polar projections.
The border is decorated with mythological scenes, one in each corner, drawn by the painter Nicolaes Berchem, showing Zeus, Neptune, Persephone and Demeter.
It is an early example of highly decorated Dutch world maps.