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Title(s)
Maris Pacifici (quod vulg ̣Mar del Zur) [cartographic material] : cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insulisque in eodem passim sparsis, novissima descriptio.
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Published/Created
[Antwerp] : [In officina Plantiniana, auctoris aere et cura], 1589.
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Physical Description
1 map : engraving ; 33 x 49 cm
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio C 2010 2a
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Accessible in the Study Room [Request] -
Copyright Status
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Full Alma Record
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Classification
Maps & Atlas (printed)
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Scale
Scale [ca. 1:40,500,000] -- (E 126°--W 52°/N 60°--S 60°).
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Notes
State 1 of the first printed map to be devoted to the Pacific Ocean.
From Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum. Antverpiae : in officina Plantiniana, auctoris aere et cura, 1589.
Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America, Vol. 1, 74
On verso: Mare Pacificvm siue Del Zur.
On verso "6."
BAC: British Art Center copy on sheet 42 x 54 cm. Hand-colored. -
Subject Terms
Islands of the Pacific -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Pacific Ocean -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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Form/Genre
Early works. | Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1589. | Maps -- Pacific Ocean. | Maps.
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