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“The Most Attractive” California as an Island Map
California as an Island.
GOOS, P. [Amsterdam, 1666]
Paskaerte Van Nova Granada. en t'Eylandt California... .
17 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches.
Original outline color; excellent condition. In a fine, archival frame.
"Perhaps the most attractive and certainly the most definite representation of California as an island. California is the centre and 'raison de'etre' of the map." (Tooley) " . . . This is one of the most desirable of all California as an island maps." (Burden) The Goos chart graces the cover of the definitive work on the California-as-an-island series by McLaughlin (see below). The especially strong impression of this example highlights the beauty of map’s engraving, especially its fine cartouche.
Pieter Goos was the preeminent publisher of sea atlases of his period, and his work was esteemed by both seamen and wealthy merchants. His charts have long been prized by collectors for their strong, clear engraving and balanced ornamentation.
McLaughlin 36; Leighly 47, pl. 10; Tooley, America, no. 22, p. 117; Burden 391; Goss, Mapping of North America, No. 37, pp. 86-7. |
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