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Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Maris Pacifici quod vulgo Mar del Zud
Date: 1592 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: The first printed map to focus on the Pacific Ocean, showing the west coast of the Americas, the coast of China, Japan and the South East Asian archipelago. Original hand colour.
Map Ref: AMER2308

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Cartographer: Vincenzo Coronelli
Title: : Mare del Sud
Date: c. 1690 Size: 24 x 18 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Beautiful large map of the Pacific Ocean, including Japan, the west coasts of North & South America, and crude outlines of Australia and New Zealand based on the discoveries of Abel Tasman. Coloured.
Map Ref: AMER2166

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Cartographer: J. & R. Ottens
Title: : Magnum Mare del Zur
Date: c. 1730 Size: 22 x 19 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Pacific Ocean and California as an island. Large decorative cartouche. Original colour.
Map Ref: AMER1827

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Cartographer: Robert de Vaugondy
Title: : Carte des Nouvelles Decouvertes | Extrait d'une Carte Japonoise de l'Univers
Date: 1772 Size: 15 x 11 inches
Published: Paris
Description: This fascinating pair of maps compares a French map of the North Pacific by Philippe Buache from 1752 with a Japanese map of the same region copied by Engelbert Kaempfer in 1690-2.
Map Ref: AMER2331

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Cartographer: Robert Sayer
Title: : The Russian Discoveries
Date: 1775 Size: 25 x 19 inches
Published: London
Description: Latest discoveries in the Pacific North West, using sources from the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg. Shows routes of Danish Captain Vitus Bering (1681-1741) and Russian Captain Aleksei Chirikov (1703-1748). Original colour.
Map Ref: AMER1990

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Cartographer: Tobias Conrad Lotter
Title: : Carte de l'Océan Pacifique au Nord de l'Equateur..
Date: 1781 Size: 21 x 19 inches
Published: Augsburg
Description: Striking map of the North Pacific Ocean area marking the routes taken by Captain James Cook (1728-1779), and of Captain Charles Clerke (1741-1779) during their third expedition (1776-1780). Original Colour.
Map Ref: AMER2267

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Cartographer: Capt. James Cook
Title: : Carte de la Partie Septentrionale de la Mer du Sud
Date: 1794 Size: 15 x 9 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Chart of the North Pacific based on Cook's maps during his third voyage, marked on the map. This is a French edition of the work. Coloured.
Map Ref: AMER2313

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Cartographer: John Meares
Title: : Carta del Mar Pacifico del Nord che comprende la Costa Nord-Est d'Asia e la Coasta-Nord Ouest d'America
Date: c. 1795 Size: 22 x 17 inches
Published: Madrid
Description: North Pacific from an Italian edition of Captain John Meares' account of his voyage from China to the Northwest of America. Coloured.
Map Ref: AMER1981

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Cartographer: Cadell & Davies
Title: : A Chart of the Strait between Asia & America with the Coast of Tschutski laid down from Astronomical Observations
Date: 1802 Size: 24 x 16 inches
Published: London
Description: Sea chart of the Bering Strait between Russia and Alaska. From Martin Sauer's account of the 1786-94 Billings Expedition in search of the Northwest Passage. Coloured.
Map Ref: AMER1485

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Cartographer: Christian Gottlieb Reichard
Title: : Der Noerdliche Theil des Grossenwelt Meeres
Date: 1804 Size: 26 x 20 inches
Published: Weimar
Description: Bering Straits and North Pacific. Original colour. (SL)
Map Ref: AMER1528

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Cartographer: William Faden
Title: : Chart of the N.W. Coast of America and the N.E. Coast of Asia
Date: 1808 Size: 28 x 17 inches
Published: London
Description: Captain James Cook's 1778-79 voyage in the North Pacific, concentrating on the Bering Strait and the northwest coast of America. Updated with new discoveries to 1808. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: AMER2252

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Cartographer: John Thomson
Title: : Chart of the Northern Passage between Asia & America
Date: 1816 Size: 24 x 20 inches
Published: London
Description: North Pacific. Centred on Behring Straits. Original colour. (SL)
Map Ref: AMER1955

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Cartographer: Jean Francois de La Perouse
Title: : Carte Reduite du Grand Ocean
Date: 1818 Size: 35 x 24 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Pacific Ocean, America and Australia showing the track of La Perouse. Coloured. (SL)
Map Ref: AMER1790

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Cartographer: Justus Perthes
Title: : Edbeben-Fluth im Pacifischen Ocean, 13-16 August 1868
Date: 1869 Size: 10 x 8 inches
Published: Gotha
Description: Fascinating map showing the region of Peru affected by the 8.5-9.0 magnitude Arica Earthquake of 1868, as well as the resulting Tsunamis which reached New Zealand, Hawaii, and Samoa. Printed colour.
Map Ref: AMER2330

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Cartographer: Miguel Covarrubias
Title: : Economy of the Pacific
Date: 1940 Size: 38 x 25 inches
Published: San Francisco
Description: Pictorial map of the Pacific region consisting of Oceania, the Far East, the Americas and eastern Russia highlighting the economic potential and might of the region. Printed colour. SL
Map Ref: AMER2334

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Cartographer: Miguel Covarrubias
Title: : Peoples of the Pacific
Date: 1940 Size: 38 x 25 inches
Published: San Francisco
Description: Pictorial map of the Pacific region consisting of Oceania, the Far East, the Americas and eastern Russia highlighting the ethnography of the region. Printed colour. SL
Map Ref: AMER2335

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