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Mare del Sud - Mare Pacifico [Pacific Ocean]
Vincenzo Coronelli1696
Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia
This beautifully decorated chart reveals just how little was known about the Pacific Ocean in the late 17th century. Showing Tasman's discoveries in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) and New Zealand, the ocean is mostly empty apart from an imaginary blue coastline at centre. It was this 'blank canvas' that James Cook filled between 1769 and 1779.
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- Title: Mare del Sud - Mare Pacifico [Pacific Ocean]
- Creator: Vincenzo Maria Coronelli
- Date: 1696
- Type: Chart
- Significance: This chart is significant as a reflection of geographic knowledge about the Pacific Ocean in the late 17th century. It provides an historical context for the great exploratory voyages of the 18th century which filled the voids on the Pacific canvas.
- See institution's online collections: http://www.anmm.gov.au/collections
- Medium: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 490 x 685 mm
- Credit line: ANMM Collection
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