Rare book - Sea Atlas by P. Goos, 1667
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L'Atlas de la mer ou monde aquaticque.
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CONTEMPORARY HAND-COLOURED COPY OF THE ZEEATLAS, INCLUDING THE WORLD MAP AND THE 11 CHARTS OF THE AMERICAS. These include California as an island ('Paskaerte van Nova Granada en t'Eylandt California'; map 40), and the rare and very desirable Hudson River map ('Paskaert van de Zuydt en Noordt Revier'; map 34). This latter is omitted from later issues with 40 maps only. The text includes a short history of the origin and growth of navigation. Koeman IV Goos 2B, a reissue of the 1666 edition; cf. Tooley California as an Island 22.
"Pieter Goos' marine atlases were held to be among the finest printed at the time ..." (Shirley)