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Creator:: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Title:: Maris Pacifici (quod vulg ̣Mar del Zur) [cartographic material] : cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insulisque in eodem passim sparsis, novissima descriptio.
Published / Created:: [Antwerp] : [In officina Plantiniana, auctoris aere et cura], 1589.
Physical Description:: 1 map : engraving ; 33 x 49 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:: View Online http://worldcat.org/oclc/48497288/viewonline
Classification:: Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:: Scale [ca. 1:40,500,000] -- (E 126°--W 52°/N 60°--S 60°).
Notes:: State 1 of the first printed map to be devoted to the Pacific Ocean.
Subject Terms:: Pacific Ocean -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Islands of the Pacific -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:: Early works. | Maps -- Pacific Ocean. | Maps. | Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1589.
Contributors:: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527–1598. Theatrum orbis terrarum.