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ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. 1527-1598.
Maris Pacifici. [Antwerp: 1590 or later.]

6 March 2020, 10:00 EST
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ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. 1527-1598.

Maris Pacifici. [Antwerp: 1590 or later.]
Hand-colored engraved map, 390 x 540 mm. Two elaborate title cartouches (one dated 1589), with two galleons decorating the Pacific. Framed.

"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 North America 74.

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