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South Pacific Ocean

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio, 1570

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 4, Section: 3
Identifier: 2020-SC-024-007
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains 26 maps of the New World, dating 1541-1778, which illustrate the progression of European geographic knowledge about Virginia and North America from the 16th through the 18th centuries

Dates: 1570

Chart containing the greater part of the South Sea to the south of the line, with islands dispersed thro' the same, approximately 1753

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 5, Section: 4
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-004
Description

Sheet five of Green's A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia. Shows nautical exploration routes.Includes text, historical and geographical notes, and tables of comparative astronomical observations.

Dates: approximately 1753