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[edit]Maris Pacifici quod vulgo Mar del Zur - map of the Pacific Ocean 1595
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Compiler Abraham Ortelius; Engraver Franz Hogenberg; Printer Christoffel Plantijn |
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Maris Pacifici quod vulgo Mar del Zur - map of the Pacific Ocean 1595 |
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Double-page coloured engraved map titled 'MARIS PACIFICI' that depicts north and south America and Pacific islands, including New Guinea, the Philipines, Japan and Australia. On the reverse is a page of black printed Latin text titled 'MARE PACIFICV'. The map was produced by Abraham Ortelius in 1595. In the National Historical Collection of the National Museum of Australia. |
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| Date | 1595 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 559mm x 431mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2008.0006.0001 |
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| Object history | Maris Pacifici' was the first published map of the Pacific Ocean. It reveals the limited knowledge of the region gained from Magellan's initial voyage of discovery in 1519 and subsequent voyages up the west coast of the Americas. Large cartouches obscure the southern and northern portions of the map, covering the areas about which least was known and providing spaces for continuing speculation about the existence of a Great South Land and a North West passage. When James Cook embarked on the first of his three Pacific voyages in 1768, the maps at his disposal contained little additional information to that found in the 'Maris Pacifici', and the charting of the southern and northern Pacific, still unknown nearly 250 years after Magellan's voyage, would be his aim. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | When using this image, please credit the photographer and the National Museum of Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Self-photographed [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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