Early Mapping of the Pacific. The Epic Story of Seafarers, Adventurers, and Cartographers Who Mapped the Earth's Greatest Ocean

by Thomas Suarez

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Singapore. Periplus. 2004. Stock ID #222666 Endpaper maps, maps, black and white and colour photographic illustrations, 224pp, bibliography, index. 31 x 23.5cm. A very good hardback in dustjacket. The Pacific Ocean remained a mystery to mapmakers until the latter part of the eighteenth century. This book traces the exploration and charting of the great ocean through a cornucopia of rare and beautiful maps stretching

• Binding: Hardcover

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