Mar del Sur. Mar Pacifico

COLLECTION NAME:

Old Maps Collection

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Old Maps Collection

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Barcode:

36878003542339

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36878003542339

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Title:

Mar del Sur. Mar Pacifico

title

Mar del Sur. Mar Pacifico

Title

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Other Title:

Mar Pacifico

other_title

Mar Pacifico

Other Title

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Contributor:

Gerritsz, Hessel, ca. 1581-1632, cartographer

contributor

Gerritsz, Hessel, ca. 1581-1632, cartographer

Contributor

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Category:

Nautical Chart

Category

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Type:

Manuscripts

type

Manuscripts

Type

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Language:

Dutch

language

Dutch

Language

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Language:

Portuguese

language

Portuguese

Language

false

Language:

Spanish

language

Spanish

Language

false

Language:

Latin

language

Latin

Language

false

Create Year:

1622

date

1622

Create Year

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Scale:

Scale not given.

scale

Scale not given.

Scale

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Physical Map Dimension (cm):

106 x 141 cm, on sheet 111 x 157 cm

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106 x 141 cm, on sheet 111 x 157 cm

Physical Map Dimension (cm)

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Note:

This map of the Pacific Ocean or South Ocean, was not intended as a navigational map, but as a luxurious work for the directors of the Dutch East India Company. On the West it can be seen the Asian coast, from Canton -Guangzhou- to the north of Korea; Insulindia to the east of Borneo; the Philippines, Japan, and the Solomon Islands. On the East side it is represented the Pacific coast of the Americas from California to the southern tip of South America; and, on the Atlantic side, the coast from the Tortugas to the east of Florida, as well as 'Buttons Bay' [i.e. Hudson Bay]. The three long legend captions in Dutch, two south of Timor and a third southeast of the Marquesas Islands, provide additional information about the map. The one southwest of New Guinea is in a different handwriting from the other two. Although California is depicted as a peninsula on the map, on the small planisphere on the top middle part of the map is shown as an island.

note

This map of the Pacific Ocean or South Ocean, was not intended as a navigational map, but as a luxurious work for the directors of the Dutch East India Company. On the West it can be seen the Asian coast, from Canton -Guangzhou- to the north of Korea; Insulindia to the east of Borneo; the Philippines, Japan, and the Solomon Islands. On the East side it is represented the Pacific coast of the Americas from California to the southern tip of South America; and, on the Atlantic side, the coast from the Tortugas to the east of Florida, as well as 'Buttons Bay' [i.e. Hudson Bay]. The three long legend captions in Dutch, two south of Timor and a third southeast of the Marquesas Islands, provide additional information about the map. The one southwest of New Guinea is in a different handwriting from the other two. Although California is depicted as a peninsula on the map, on the small planisphere on the top middle part of the map is shown as an island.

Note

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Note:

Original is a manuscript chart in two mounted parchment sheets, 107 x 141 cm.

note

Original is a manuscript chart in two mounted parchment sheets, 107 x 141 cm.

Note

false

Note:

According to the provenance library the date on the cartouche was altered and an 'X' and two 'I' were added to the original date.

note

According to the provenance library the date on the cartouche was altered and an 'X' and two 'I' were added to the original date.

Note

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Note:

Small planisphere in the middle top part of the map inside scroll work frame with continents outlined in yellow and the seas colored blue, 9 x 14 cm. There are represented 15 vessels, mainly Dutch ships but there are also two indigenous boats. On the bottom part of the chart there is a very large and detailed illustration of five vessels caught in a storm, one of them being English and the others Dutch, surrounded by whales. On the upper right corner of the map there are three bust portraits of Vasco Núñez de Balboa (ca. 1475-1519) Spanish explorer best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513; Fernão de Magalhães (1480-1521) the Portuguese explorer who organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth and Jacob Le Maire (ca. 1585-1616) a Dutch mariner who circumnavigated the earth in 1615 and 1616. The compass roses are seven, all 32-point, with a fleur-de-lis indicating north and a small dot on the East point. Six of them are colored blue, yellow and red and the central one is blue, yellow, red and magenta. The rhumb lines for the principal winds are black, the half winds are green and the quarter winds in red.

note

Small planisphere in the middle top part of the map inside scroll work frame with continents outlined in yellow and the seas colored blue, 9 x 14 cm. There are represented 15 vessels, mainly Dutch ships but there are also two indigenous boats. On the bottom part of the chart there is a very large and detailed illustration of five vessels caught in a storm, one of them being English and the others Dutch, surrounded by whales. On the upper right corner of the map there are three bust portraits of Vasco Núñez de Balboa (ca. 1475-1519) Spanish explorer best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513; Fernão de Magalhães (1480-1521) the Portuguese explorer who organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth and Jacob Le Maire (ca. 1585-1616) a Dutch mariner who circumnavigated the earth in 1615 and 1616. The compass roses are seven, all 32-point, with a fleur-de-lis indicating north and a small dot on the East point. Six of them are colored blue, yellow and red and the central one is blue, yellow, red and magenta. The rhumb lines for the principal winds are black, the half winds are green and the quarter winds in red.

Note

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Note:

Authors name in strap work cartouche decorated with a ribbon on the left bottom corner of the map.

note

Authors name in strap work cartouche decorated with a ribbon on the left bottom corner of the map.

Note

false

Note:

Triple scale line in Dutch miles and Spanish and English leagues inside a strap work cartouche.

note

Triple scale line in Dutch miles and Spanish and English leagues inside a strap work cartouche.

Note

false

Note:

Land masses colored green or outlined in yellow or magenta. Islands colored in the same three colors.

note

Land masses colored green or outlined in yellow or magenta. Islands colored in the same three colors.

Note

false

Note:

Equator line, Cancer and Capricorn in red.

note

Equator line, Cancer and Capricorn in red.

Note

false

Note:

Relief shown pictorially.

note

Relief shown pictorially.

Note

false

Note:

The four borders of the map labelled with North, South, East and West in Dutch Noord, Suydt, Oost and West.

note

The four borders of the map labelled with North, South, East and West in Dutch Noord, Suydt, Oost and West.

Note

false

Note:

Latitude lines on the left and right border of the map.

note

Latitude lines on the left and right border of the map.

Note

false

Note:

Border of the map in yellow, red and blue.

note

Border of the map in yellow, red and blue.

Note

false

Note:

Author, scale lines, description of the portraits and legends in Dutch with place names both in Portuguese and Spanish. Equator and Tropics in Latin.

note

Author, scale lines, description of the portraits and legends in Dutch with place names both in Portuguese and Spanish. Equator and Tropics in Latin.

Note

false

Reference:

Foncin, M. Catalogue des cartes nautiques sur vélin conservées au Département des cartes et plans, n° 141

reference

Foncin, M. Catalogue des cartes nautiques sur vélin conservées au Département des cartes et plans, n° 141

Reference

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Reference:

Pflederer, Census of Portolan Charts & Atlases: as reported and listed by the noted scholars of the genre in their works ranging from 1897 to 2008, p. 61

reference

Pflederer, Census of Portolan Charts & Atlases: as reported and listed by the noted scholars of the genre in their works ranging from 1897 to 2008, p. 61

Reference

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Subject:

Pacific Ocean

subject

Pacific Ocean

Subject

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Geographic Area:

Pacific Ocean

geographic_area

Pacific Ocean

Geographic Area

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Provenance:

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

source

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Provenance

false

Provenance:

GE SH ARCH-30 (RES)

source

GE SH ARCH-30 (RES)

Provenance

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Provenance Call No.:

https://catalogue.b…

original_call_no

https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb406204799

Provenance Call No.

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MUST holding:

https://must.primo.…

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https://must.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/853MUST_INST/171sgkf/alma991002971249305076

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