Abraham Goos (1589 - 1640)

Field(s) of interest: scientific instruments | cartography
Gender: male

1589
Died: Amsterdam, ~1640

Biography:
Publisher, engraver and cartographer who lived and worked in Antwerp and Amsterdam. Published John Speed's A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World (1627). He was a nephew of Pieter van der Keere, who was an instrument maker, and engraved globes for Johannes Jansonius, a publisher. He passed away somewhere between 1634 and 1643.

Occupations:
instrument maker, engraver and cartographer: 1621 (Antwerpen)

Sources:
Krogt, P.C.J. van der Old globes in the Netherlands. (Utrecht 1984).