Acquired From: Leen Helmink
Colouring: Coloured
Condition: Very Good
Confirmed: 3/10/2024
Date Acquired: 23/4/2019
Description: Abraham Ortelius, a pioneering mapmaker, published the first comprehensive collection of uniformly sized maps. Titled Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World), this groundbreaking work first released in 1570, established the concept of the modern atlas. Ortelius personally drafted the maps, which were engraved by artisans such as Frans Hogenberg, whose contributions he acknowledged in the Atlass preface. Hogenberg likely collaborated with Ambrosius and Ferdinand Arsenius in engraving the plates.nThe Theatrum was initially published in Latin in May 1570 (#252 for the 1584 edition), followed later that year by Dutch and French editions, broadening its accessibility across Europe. Its immediate success led to numerous reprints in various languages, regularly updated with the latest geographical knowledge. nThis map of the Pacific Ocean is one of three significant maps illustrating the connection between the Americas, Asia, and the vast expanse of the Pacific. The other two are Giovanni Battista Mazza's Americae et proximar regionum orae descriptio (see entry View Record (#219)), and Frans Hogenbergs Americae et proximarum regionum orae descriptio (1589) (see entry View Record (#130)). nAlthough Maris Pacifici was created in 1589, it was first published in 1590 as part of the "Additamentum IV" supplement to Ortelius's atlas. For years, the chronological relationship between this map and those by Hogenberg and Mazza was unclear. In 1995, Richard Casten and Thomas Suarez clarified that Hogenberg's map served as a source for Maris Pacifici and as the primary model for Mazza's work. The latter two maps, however, were produced independently around the same time.nHogenberg and Ortelius shared a long-standing working relationship, with Hogenberg engraving many of the maps featured in the Theatrum. Despite this collaboration, Hogenbergs depiction of the Americas differs from Ortelius's as it was based on Ortelius's 1587 map of the Western Hemisphere.
First published: Ortelius, Abraham Theatrum orbis terrarum, Additamentum IV Antwerp: Plantin Press, 1590
Image Size (cm): 49×34.5
Mapmaker: Ortelius, Abraham (1527-1598)
Price: 6,000
Primary Category: Asia-Pacific
Purchase Reference: Ledger 2022
Rarity: R2 Very rare – one or two copies appear on the market
References: Richard Casten and Thomas Suárez, A Revised Chronology for the Mapping of America in the Late Sixteenth Century: Hogenberg, Mazza, Ortelius, The Map Collector 70 (1995): 2630.nSimon Dewez, The Printed World III (Sydney: Gowrie Galleries, 2000), pg 20 map 35.
Sheet size (cm): 56×44.5
Technique: Copper Engraving
This state: 1589
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