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The Basin of the Pacific
| Article ID | OZ193 |
Title | The Basin of the Pacific |
Description | Detailed and large map of the Pacific Ocean with Australia, New Zeelnad and all Pacific islands. |
| Year | ca. 1840 |
Artist | Wyld |
Historical Description | The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions. Though the peoples of Asia and Oceania have traveled the Pacific Ocean since prehistoric times, the eastern Pacific was first sighted by Europeans in the early 16th century when Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama in 1513 and discovered the great "southern sea" which he named Mar del Sur (in Spanish). In 1519, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan sailed the Pacific East to West on a Spanish expedition to the Spice Islands that would eventually result in the first world circumnavigation. Magellan called the ocean Pacífico (or "Pacific" meaning, "peaceful") because, after sailing through the stormy seas off Cape Horn, the expedition found calm waters. The ocean was often called the Sea of Magellan in his honor until the eighteenth century. |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Dimensions (cm) | 58 x 85 |
| Condition | Very good |
| Coloring | colored |
| Technique | Lithography |
Reproduction:
127.50 €
( A reproduction can be ordered individually on request. )