References: Burden, map 74 Van der Krogt, map 0600:31. Cartouches: Two, one around dedication with heading "Spe et Metu" (Hope and Fear). Ambivi, meritoque vocor Victoria: sunt mi Vela, alae precium, gloria pugna, mare." Appeared in information based on Van der Krogt and Burden: was published in Van der Krogt, atlas 31:040.
#Arader ortelius marus pacifici full#
In the midst of the ocean is a fine cut representing a galleon in full sail, with the following verse: "Prima ego velivolis ambivi cursibus Orbem, Magallane novo te duce ducta freto.
The Philippines and New Guinea also appear, the latter as an island. Tierra del Fuego appears, however, as part of that immense southern continent which so long obsessed the minds of geographers. The maps and plates of the Parergon have to be evaluated as the most outstanding engravings depicting the wide-spread interest in classical geography in the 16th century.Title Maris Pacifici quod vulgo Mar del Zur cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insulisque in eodem passim sparsis, novissima descriptio Creator Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598, cartographerĬontributor Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598, publisherįor information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: ĭescription Kashnor notes, "Remarkable from its showing of California as a peninsula, the earliest American cartographers having more correct ideas than their immediate successors. He took many places and regions from the lands of classical civilization to illustrate and clarify their history, a subject very close to his heart.
For this work he did not, as in the Theatrum, copy other people's maps but drew the originals himself which were later engraved by Jan Wierix i.a. Koeman: "This atlas of ancient geography must be regarded as a personal work of Ortelius. The Parergon is Ortelius' atlas of ancient geography. The Theatrum and Parergon plates are uncolored. 128 maps in the "Theatrum", with the "Parergon" having 38 maps, a portrait of Pope Clement VIII., dedications to Pope Clement VIII. Several new maps appear here for the first time." Vrients added 8 new maps, making this combined Theatrum and Parergon edition the largest with 166 maps. Apart from this, Vrients also added at the end, an Introduction to Cosmography, written by Michel Coignet. In this translation, the Parergon and the Nomenclator were included. The heirs of Abraham Ortelius sold a manuscript translation by Filippo Pigafetta to Vrients, which was then printed by him. Koeman: "This the first edition ever printed with Italian text. The maps and plates of the Parergon have to be evaluated as the most outstanding engravings depicting the wide-spread interest in classical geography in the 16th century." The heirs of Abraham Ortelius sold a manuscript translation by Filippo Pigafetta to Vrients, which was then printed by him. Arado reversibles (japonés) fijo, especialmente concebido para labrar la tierra como el arado de vertedera.
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