Légende

The Pacific Ocean, 1586. 'Maris Pacifici'. A map showing North and South America, China, New Guinea, and other islands. It also shows the projected coastline of Terra Australis, the then undiscovered Antarctic continent.

Date

1586

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A14_473

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,9Mo (4,4Mo) / 42,2cm x 29,6cm / 4989 x 3496 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation South America Latin ocean sea library Asia country exploration China ship ships island continent geography Antarctica color Indonesia Pacific Ocean location century exploring cartography concept New Guinea British Library sailing ship sailing ships Colour water transport 16th century sixteenth century geographical feature map-making North and Central America TGN map Mapmaking Abraham Ortelius Ortelius Abraham Terra Australis New Spain Heritage Art