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PACIFIC OCEAN ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) Maris Pacifici (quod vulgo Mar del Zur) cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insusisque in eodem passim sparsis, novissima descriptio, [Antwerp], 1589 [but 1590, or later]
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PACIFIC OCEAN
ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) Maris Pacifici (quod vulgo Mar del Zur) cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insusisque in eodem passim sparsis, novissima descriptio, double-page hand-coloured engraved map, 2 galleons in the sea area, 2 cartouches (one with the date of 1589), French text on verso, 345 x 500mm., [Antwerp], 1589 [but 1590, or later]
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"One of the most important maps that appeared in the Ortelius atlas, this was the first printed map to be devoted to the Pacific ocean, the discovery of which is remembered by the depiction, with legend, of Ferdinand Magellan's ship the Victoria ... one of Ortelius' most desirable maps" (Burden, Mapping of America, 74).





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