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Maris Pacifici
Maris Pacifici
Credit: Abraham Ortelius
The Maris Pacifici is believed to be the first printed map of the Pacific. It was published in Abraham Ortelius' 1589 Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, considered to be the first true modern atlas.