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Maris Pacifica, quoad vulgo Mar del Sur

Abraham Ortelius (Artist)
1589
handcolored engraving
(Renaissance Europe )

Not only is this an early depiction of the Pacific Ocean, but it is also one of the first attempts to show present-day Alaska and California.

Provenance
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W. Graham Arader III, Philadelphia [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jean and Sidney Silber, Baltimore, May 5, 1976, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2011, by gift.

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Geographies

Belgium, Antwerp (Place of Origin) Pacific Ocean (Place Depicted)

Measurements

Framed: H: 21 1/2 × W: 27 3/8 × D: 1 in. (54.6 × 69.5 × 2.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Jean and Sidney Silber, 2011

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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93.163

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