Abraham Goos
Back to people overviewAbraham Goos worked as an engraver for major cartographic publishers of his day, the Hondius and Blaeu families.
He was the engraver of John Speed’s atlas, ‘A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World’ (1611) and produced globes with Johannes Janssonius. His only independent publication was the ‘Nieuw Nederlandtsch Caertboeck’ (1616). Abraham Goos marketed his works as collectors’ items for gentlemen and navigational tools for pilots and seamen. His bias towards the gentleman’s library is evident in the minimal revision that his atlases underwent over time and the decorative qualities of their cartographic style.
Abraham’s son, Pieter Goos took over from his father becoming one of the best-known maritime booksellers in Amsterdam.
