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Ortelius - Maris Pacifici 1589

Maris Pacifici by Abraham Ortelius. This map was published in 1589 in his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. It was not only the first printed map of the Pacific, but it also showed the Americas for the first time.

Date
1589
Place
South America
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
4,001 × 2,771 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Ortelius - Maris Pacifici 1589" (1589). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ortelius_-_Maris_Pacifici_1589.jpg

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