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ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM (1527-98). Maris Pacifici, (quod vulgà Mar del Zur). [Antwerp], 1589 [i.e., 1591 or 1592]. Hand-colored engraved map, single sheet, 436 x 543 mm., first state, dated 1589, showing the Pacific Ocean with the Americas, New Guinea, the Malaysian islands, coast of China, and the southern continent, decorative cartouches, the ocean embellished with ships including large vignette of Magellan's ship Victoria. Latin text on verso. Full contemporary coloring. (Very slight wear at fold.) Matted and framed.
The first printed map of the Pacific Ocean, and one of the most important maps of Ortelius. The cartography derives from a map of the Americas published earlier the same year by Frans Hogenberg, who had worked closely with Ortelius on the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, but with improvements based on the latest discoveries that were not incorporated in Hogenberg's map. These include the first named appearance of the Rio Grande (erroneously placed), other new California place names, and the modification of the shape of North America at the latitude of the Tropic of Cancer. The map was first printed in the Addimentum IV in 1590 and appeared in several later editions in Latin, German, French and Spanish. Burden 74; Koeman Ort 25, no. 124.
The first printed map of the Pacific Ocean, and one of the most important maps of Ortelius. The cartography derives from a map of the Americas published earlier the same year by Frans Hogenberg, who had worked closely with Ortelius on the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, but with improvements based on the latest discoveries that were not incorporated in Hogenberg's map. These include the first named appearance of the Rio Grande (erroneously placed), other new California place names, and the modification of the shape of North America at the latitude of the Tropic of Cancer. The map was first printed in the Addimentum IV in 1590 and appeared in several later editions in Latin, German, French and Spanish. Burden 74; Koeman Ort 25, no. 124.