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

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 includes a collection of rare and beautiful maps of the Pacific Ocean, especially of Hawaii, Tahiti, Australia, and New Zealand, among other Pacific Islands and territories. Early Mapping of the Pacific traces the exploration and charting of the great ocean through cartography, from classical times through the twentieth century, highlighting tales of seafarers who ventured eastward from Asia and were the Pacific's greatest explorers.