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The Pacific Ocean remained largely mysterious until the latter part of the eighteenth century, when a series of monumental voyages brought most of its heretofore unknown archipelagos to the mapmaker's pen. Until then, the evolving image of the ocean had been molded as much by th…
With dozens of rare color maps and other documents, Early Mapping of the Pacific follows the story of map-making, exploration and colonization in the Pacific Ocean. It covers the history of ocean exploration from 16th century Portuguese mariners to 20th century explorers and inc…