Maris Pacifici
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maris-pacifici-164-15615700
title:
Maris Pacifici
text:
Maris Pacifici, more accurately named the Descriptio Maris Pacifici, was the first dedicated map of the Pacific to be printed. It is considered an important advancement in cartography. This map was drawn by Abraham Ortelius in 1589, based upon a map of America from the same year that was drawn by Frans Hogenberg. Some details of the map may have been influenced by a 1568 description of Japan in a manuscript by Vaz Dourado, rather than a map, hence its peculiar shape. The landmass illustrated to
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Map of the Pacific Ocean
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maris_Pacifici
date created:
2008-03-29T00:25:21Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T02:42:32Z
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13
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