Maps. Cyprus. Page 140.
Paskaerte Van’t Oostelyckste Der Middelandsche Zee... by GOOS, PIETER. Amsterdam 1666. 51 x 40 cms. Published in De Zee Atlas ofte Water-Weereld in 1666, this is an excellent general chart of the eastern Mediterranean, centered on Greece. The chart is beautifully engraved with a large decorative title cartouche in the upper right. The coasts are crowded with placenames, and an extensive key locates 111 of the smaller islands. “Pieter Goos was one of Amsterdam’s most prominent publishers of nautical charts. The reputation of his firm was matched only by that of the publishing houses of Blaeu and van Keulen” -- Putnam. His maritime atlas of the world is one of the most complete sea atlases published prior to the appearance of Van Keulen’s Zee-Fakkel in the 1680’s. Famed for its beauty, Koeman notes that “Goos’s sea-atlas was more intended for the book-lover than for the seaman.” Pieter Goos (ca. 1616-1675) was the son of famed engraver and cartographer Abraham Goos (ca. 1590-1643) who engraved maps for Kaerius, Hondius, Jansson, Visscher, and Speed. Original outline colour. Some very minor foxing, otherwise an excellent example. Ref: Tooley, Dictionary of Mapmakers, p. 253.

Price: CyP 950.00

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