Pieter Goos (1616-1675). Pas caerte van Nieu Nederlandt en de Engelsche Virginies van Cabo Cod tot Cabo Canrick [Nautical Chart of New Netherland and the English Virginias, from Cape Cod to Cape Canrick], (Amsterdam: 1666). Published in De Zee Atlas ofter Water-Weereld. Hand colored copperplate engraving on heavy paper. 16 7/8 x 20 5/8 in. to neatline. Sheet size: 21 1/4 x 24 ½ in. Minor spot of foxing in chart at upper center. Overall, very good condition. $7,500.
$7,500.00
Goos’s Nautical Chart of the Atlantic Coast
A rare example of one of the finest 17th-century charts of America, from De Zee Atlas ofter Water-Weereld, first published by Goos in 1666.
The map illustrates the Atlantic coast of America from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. The emphasis is on the Dutch colony of New Netherland. New Amsterdam (New York) is shown at the tip of Manhattan Island. Many other Dutch place names appear, including Staten Eylandt, Lange Eylandt, and Vlysingen (Flushing). Along the Delaware River a number of Dutch settlements are shown, including Fort Casimir, Nassau and Elsenburgh, as well as the Swedish Fort Christina. The Schuylkill River, future site of Philadelphia, is also shown.
In New England, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket are shown with their present names, and several early English settlements, such as New Plymouth are located. Excellent early delineation of the Chesapeake Bay, with Jamestown located. The Potomac River is shown as the Patwomeck.
Finely engraved decorative cartouches in the upper left and lower right illustrate the region’s rich fur trade and abundant fisheries.
The seventeenth century was the Golden Age of Dutch cartography. As the center of world commerce, chart making flourished. The unquestioned leader in beautiful and decorative sea charts was Pieter Goos. Finely drawn and engraved, printed on top quality paper, and beautifully colored, the charts were intended more for the merchant collector than the practical mariner. Goos’ Zee-Atlas was the companion marine atlas of choice for Joan Blaeu’s famous terrestrial atlas, the Atlas Maior.
Ref: Burden 387; Humphreys, plate 63; Deak, 48
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