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Source Description
Map of the Pacific Ocean showing part of south-east Asia, America, New Guinea and Terra Australis.
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Document identity
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kk91fr54x
label
Maris Pacifici (quod vulgo Mar del Zur) cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insulisque in eodem passim sparsis, novissima descriptio
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dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
kk91fr54x
contentType
map
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normalized
title
Maris Pacifici (quod vulgo Mar del Zur) cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insulisque in eodem passim sparsis, novissima descriptio
description
Map of the Pacific Ocean showing part of south-east Asia, America, New Guinea and Terra Australis.
date
["[1612]"]
year
1612
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_007369
creators
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Pacific Ocean--Maps--Early works to 1800
Southeast Asia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Asia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Australia--Maps--Early works to 1800
America--Maps--Early works to 1800
New Guinea--Maps--Early works to 1800
1589
subjectsGeographic
Asia
Australia
New Guinea
Oceania
Pacific Ocean
Southeast Asia
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Anversa
publisher
Libraria Plantiniana
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
-0.166
schema:longitude
115.683
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 34 x 49 cm.
notes
Map of the Pacific Ocean showing part of south-east Asia, America, New Guinea and Terra Australis.
Plate 6 from: Theatro d'el orbe de la tierra / de Abrahamo Ortelio. In Anversa : Libraria Plantiniana, 1612.
Italian text on verso: Il Mare Pacifico overo del Svr.
Cartouche at bottom left of map: Genio et ingenio nobili dn. Nicolao Roccoxio, Patricio Antverpiensi, eiusdemque urbis Senatori / Abrahamus Ortelius, Regiae Mts. geographus lub. merito dedicabit, 1589.
Text on map in Latin. Text on verso in Italian.
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
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kk91fr54x
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map
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photo
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