To the North appears a large "Isla de plata" (island of silver), probably the first printed representation of Hokkaido on a Western map. Japan is shown with a curious or "ebi" (shrimp) shaped outline based on earlier Portuguese charts of the region. The map shows the West Indies in the Carribbean, and gives detailed depiction of the American Northwest coast, and includes Japan and China. The map also shows Tierra del Fuego as a part of "Terra Australis" landmass, which extends across the Southern Ocean. It characterizes the lack of knowledge of the Pacific at the time, compressing it from West to East, to agree with existing theories on the circumference of the world. One of the most sought-after and the striking and important of Ortelius' maps (from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum). Meurer, Fontes Cartographici Orteliani p.36, 216). This map is based on Mercator's World map (1569), with details from some Portuguese manuscript maps of Bartolomeo de Lasso (cf. California is correctly drawn as a peninsula, some familiar names can be seen on the Californian coast. The first printed map to focus on Pacific, and the first in which North America and South America are separately named: Americae Septentrionalior pars and Americae Meridionalior pars. Sein auf der Karte abgebildetes Schiff "Victoria" war das einzige von 5 Schiffen, das nach dreijähriger "Circumnavigation" (Weltumsegelung) wieder den Heimathafen erreichte. Die Bezeichnung Stiller (Pazifischer) Ozean geht auf Magellan zurück, der 1520/21 den Ozean in drei Monaten in Ost-West-Richtung durchquerte, ohne dabei einen Sturm erlebt zu haben. Als erster Europäer hatte der spanische Conquistador Balboa nach Überquerung des Isthmus von Panama 1513 das offene Meer erblickt, dem er - als Gegensatz zu dem als "Nordmeer" benannten Atlantik - den Namen "Mar del Zur" (Südsee) gab. Im Jahre 1612 erschien noch eine Variante dieser Karte mit getilgter Jahreszahl. Südamerika, Japan (noch in Form einer Krabbe) und Indonesien sowie der Terra australis mit zwei schönen Kartuschen sowie Segelschiffen. Bedeutende und sehr dekorative Karte des pazifischen Raumes mit weiten Teilen von Nord- u. Koeman III,0600:31 Goss, Mapping of North America, map 14 Burden: North America 74 Suarez, Early Mapping of the Pacific Ocean (Map Collector 22, p.2-9) v.d.Broecke 12 Campbell, Early maps pl.9 Tooley, Landmarks of mapmaking p.118 Tooley: America p.322 Walter: Japan a cartographic vision, 11G Cortazzi p.21 Portinaro/K., Abb.49. Sehr gut erhalten, breitrandig / in very good condition, with wide margins. ![]() 35 x 50 cm., sheet 39 x 54 cm.Kupferstich, 50 x 35 cm. Verso Text: Latin text: Mare Pacificum siue Del Zur no signature. ![]() References: Burden, map 74 Van der Krogt, map 0600:31. Cartouches: Two, one around dedication with heading "Spe et Metu" (Hope and Fear). Ambivi, meritoque vocor Victoria: sunt mi Vela, alae precium, gloria pugna, mare." Appeared in information based on Van der Krogt and Burden: was published in Van der Krogt, atlas 31:040. In the midst of the ocean is a fine cut representing a galleon in full sail, with the following verse: "Prima ego velivolis ambivi cursibus Orbem, Magallane novo te duce ducta freto. The Philippines and New Guinea also appear, the latter as an island. Tierra del Fuego appears, however, as part of that immense southern continent which so long obsessed the minds of geographers. Title Maris Pacifici quod vulgo Mar del Zur cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insulisque in eodem passim sparsis, novissima descriptio Creator Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598, cartographerĬontributor Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598, publisherįor information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: ĭescription Kashnor notes, "Remarkable from its showing of California as a peninsula, the earliest American cartographers having more correct ideas than their immediate successors.
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