Detail View: JCB Map Collection: Maris pacifici, (quod vulgò Mar del Zur) cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insulisque in eodem passim sparsis, novissima descriptio.
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Accession Number:
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6009
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File Name:
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6009-2
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Call number:
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Z 077 1598 1 / 3-SIZE (copy 2)
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Map title:
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Maris pacifici, (quod vulgò Mar del Zur) cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insulisque in eodem passim sparsis, novissima descriptio.
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Place of Publication:
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[Antwerp]
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Publisher:
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[Plantin Press]
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Publication date:
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1589
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Map size height:
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34.4 cm.
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Map size width:
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50.1 cm.
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Item description:
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engraved map; following p. 6, hand coloring
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Geographical description:
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Map of the Pacific Ocean showing North and South America. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, location of rivers and some settlements. Decorative elements include ships, especially Magellan's boat, Victoria, with a scene of warfare and a guiding angel on her prow.
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Source author:
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Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
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Source title:
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[Theatrum orbis terrarum. French] Theatre de l'univers, contenant les cartes de tout le monde
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Source place:
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A Anvers, : de l'Imprimerie Plantienne, pour Abraham Ortel autheur mesme de ce liure., M. D. XCVIII
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Cartobibliographic notes:
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Ortelius was the creator of the first true atlas (defined as a collection of uniform map sheets and sustaining text bound to form a book for which copper printing plates were specifically engraved). Frequently revised, this atlas was the last one to be printed during Ortelius's lifetime.The map of the Pacific Ocean, which first appeared in 1590, delineates the west coast of North America more accurately than any other printed map to date, and may be based on an unrecorded Spanish voyage. Derived from Gerard Mercator's world map of 1569 with details from some 25 Portuguese manuscript maps of Barolomeo de Lasso.
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References:
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Broecke, M.P.R. van den Ortelius Atlas Maps, No. 12; Koeman, C. Atlantes neerlandici, Ort. 36; Skelton, R.A. Bib. note, in Facsimile ed. of Ortelius, A. Theatrum orbis terrarum, p. ix, [xi]
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Geographic Area:
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Western hemisphere
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Normalized date:
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1589
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Creator:
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Abraham Ortelius
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