Maris Pacifici

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Lot 178 | Maris Pacifici
ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Maris Pacifici, (quod vulgò Mar del Zur). [Antwerp:] 1589 [but 1608 or 1612].

“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's most desirable maps” (Burden). The Gulf of California is here depicted in a new form, and the Rio Grande is introduced on a printed map for the first time. Italian text on the verso, following the first edition in Latin of 1590. Burden 74; Nebenzahl, Compass 45:14 (“One of the earliest maps to differentiate by name North from South America.”); Suárez, Early Mapping of the Pacific Ocean fig. 58; Wagner, Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America, no. 156; Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West, no. 24

Engraved map hand-colored in outline and with cartouches and ships hand-colored, 347 x 495mm on 448 x 563mm sheet (light toning, small edge chip to bottom margin, text slightly showing through).
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