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C1666
Paskaerte Zynde t’Oosterdeel van Oost Indien, met alle de Eylanden daer Ontrendt Gelegen van C. Comorin tot aen Japan.
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Magnificent c.17th Dutch sea chart published in Goos’ De Zee Atlasofte Water-Weereld in 1666 with north orientated to the left and Australia shown with the Dutch discoveries up to Tasman’ second voyage of 1644, but excluding his first voyage discoveries … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Paskaerte Zynde t’Oosterdeel van Oost Indien, met alle de Eylanden daer Ontrendt Gelegen van C. Comorin tot aen Japan.
Date:
C1666
Mapmaker:
Condition:
Trimmed at right, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
540mm
x 445mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1666
Description:
Magnificent c.17th Dutch sea chart published in Goos’ De Zee Atlasofte Water-Weereld in 1666 with north orientated to the left and Australia shown with the Dutch discoveries up to Tasman’ second voyage of 1644, but excluding his first voyage discoveries due to the geographical limits of the map.
Elegantly embellished with a decorative title that includes scroll work, putti, three galleons, rosettes and a scale of distances. A number of mapmakers made near identical charts using the same orientation, the first being van Loon which was issued in his 1661 Klaer Lichtende Noort-Ster Ofte Zee Atlas , followed by Doncker 1669, Seller 1670 and de Wit 1675. Its intended use as a sea chart is borne by the extensive use of rhumb lines and compass points. Other Dutch discoveries in Australia are noted and these include: Hartog 1616, Houtman 1619, van Leeuwin 1622, Cartensz 1623, Nuyts 1627 and de Wit 1628. Goos’ charts were often used by mariners at sea which led to many being either degraded or destroyed due to the less than ideal conditions. The characteristic feature of Dutch charts produced in the second half of the seventeenth century is that they were based solely on the results of actual observation and where that was lacking, no coastlines were shown.
References: Clancy 83, ill.6.14,Koeman Goos Vol IV B(26), McMahon p.8, ill.pp.8-9, Moreland p.114, Parry p.123-121, Suarez p.209, Tooley 670, ill. pl.50, p.203 item.30.
Pieter Goos (1615 - 1675)
Important Dutch cartographer, engraver, publisher, and bookseller. His father, Abraham Goos, was a renowned cartographer and map seller. Goos collaborated with Jacob Lootsman and Hendrick Doncker to publish pilot books that included navigational charts. In 1659, Doncker initiated the publication of a sea atlase covering the entire world, a concept later adopted by Goos from 1666 onwards. His maps, along with those by Gerard van Keulen, were widely used by Dutch navigators from the eighteenth century until 1740. His most famous atlas was his, Atlas ofte Water-Weereld published in 1666. This sea atlas was one of the most important Dutch maritime atlases produced. Goos' maps were distinctive for their restrained and elegant decorative elements, which included, large descriptive cartouches adorned with ships, compass and wind roses.
