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PACIFIC OCEAN
ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) Maris Pacifici (quod vulgo Mar del Zur) cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insulisque in eodem passim sparsis, novissima descriptio, [Antwerp], 1589 [but c.1609]

14 September 2021, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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PACIFIC OCEAN

ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) Maris Pacifici (quod vulgo Mar del Zur) cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insulisque 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), Latin text on verso, wide borders, a few very small tears in upper blank border [Burden 74], 345 x 500mm., [Antwerp], 1589 [but c.1609]

Footnotes

"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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