Travel, Photographs, Maps and Natural History

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Abraham Ortelius | Maris Pacifici, 1589 or later

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November 17, 04:43 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 GBP

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Abraham Ortelius

Maris Pacifici, (quod vulgo Mar del Zur) cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insusisque in eodem passim sparsis, novissima descriptio. Antwerp, 1589or later


445 x 580mm., double-page engraved map, coloured by hand, a bit browned


“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).

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