ID 1129799
Lot 178 | Maris Pacifici
Valeur estimée
$ 4 000 – 6 000
“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).
| Artiste: | Abraham Ortelius (1527 - 1598) |
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| Lieu d'origine: | Les Pays-Bas |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Cartes et Atlas |
| Artiste: | Abraham Ortelius (1527 - 1598) |
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| Lieu d'origine: | Les Pays-Bas |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Cartes et Atlas |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
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| Téléphone | +1 212 636 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Fax | +1 212 636 4930 | ||||||||||||||
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