Pieter Goos Map of California as an Island 1666
Pieter Goos Map of California as an Island 1666

Pieter Goos (ca. 1616-1675). “Paskaerte van Nova Granada en t’Eylandt California,” Amsterdam, 1666.

Hand colored map depicting California as an island. The title and scale cartouches are flanked with cherubs. Two ships are depicted sailing the ocean, and rhumb lines extend throughout the map from the two highly decorative compass roses.

Sheet: height: 18 in x width: 22 1/8 in.

$8,000