425:
471:
448:
368:
402:
353:
148:
116:
165:
NĂșñez de Balboa and his soldiers attempted to travel to the peak of the mountain to see the sea, but when they arrived at the foot of the mountain only 69 out of 190 soldiers had survived the journey. Balboa did not want to share the experience of being the first to see the unknown ocean and so he
424:
367:
401:
166:
commanded his crew to remain at the foot of the mountain and wait. He then became the first
European to see the Pacific Ocean on 25 September 1513. After looking at the ocean alone for some time, he told his crew to come up to join him.
447:
470:
491:
reached Tahiti in April 1891 and painted 66 paintings during his time there. He left the island in early 1892 due to health problems and brief difficulties and later returned to Paris to travel to
273:
The German writer Erich
Scheurmann also utilized this imagery when he created fictional travel reports of a South Seas chief that were published between 1915 and 1920 under the title
615:
645:
549:" was a term used in Britain in the nineteenth century to denote sealing, whaling, island trading and other commercial ship-based activities in the Pacific.
250:), which provided his residents with everything required to live. He saw the islanders as pure humans who were not yet poisoned by civilization. The report
306:'s first expedition to the Pacific (1768 â1771) and to record the discoveries that were made. Parkinson and Buchan depicted the people living on the
270:, a French artist, contributed to the idea of a Garden of Eden by creating paintings of exotic paradises rather than as they really were.
260:
204:"What a morningâimpossible to be described more beautifully by any poetâwhen we saw the isle O-Taheiti two miles ahead of us."
352:
209:
The reports of the discoveries determined the
Europeans' picture of the South Seas for a long time. On those grounds,
696:
655:
184:
has developed around the South Seas because it is often seen as an idealized and romanticized region of the world.
221:
279:. The book gained popularity fifty years after it was published and sold more than 1.7 million copies in
20:
558:
129:
119:
100:
299:
438:
415:
392:
230:
688:
192:
722:
107:
named the same ocean the
Pacific Ocean, and over time Magellan's name became more well-known.
378:
235:
382:
8:
82:
62:
16:
Geographic term generally referring to the portion of the
Pacific Ocean below the equator
506:
South Sea paintings. Other artists that traveled to areas within the South Seas include
590:
535:
104:
692:
651:
546:
137:
133:
78:
330:, and Easter Island among others. During Cook's third expedition to the South Seas,
169:
After he set foot into the ocean, at the opening of the Saban river he declared the
717:
295:
181:
158:
66:
322:
accompanied
Captain Cook on his second expedition to the South Seas, New Zealand,
461:
307:
280:
373:
319:
247:
27:
147:
103:
in 1513 and was applied to the entire area of today's
Pacific Ocean. In 1520,
711:
647:
Producing the
Pacific: Maps and Narratives of Spanish Exploration (1567-1606)
515:
511:
503:
315:
255:
196:
74:
42:
488:
430:
335:
291:
275:
267:
239:
210:
153:
144:("South Sea") due to its location along the southern shore of the isthmus.
126:
97:
523:
476:
539:
519:
407:
331:
311:
70:
594:
578:
507:
453:
303:
188:
115:
496:
327:
86:
58:
538:
was the name of the
Japanese mandate over certain islands following
414:, (French Polynesia), Watercolor with pencil and ink, without year (
318:
and their environments in drawings and paintings. The painter
529:
19:
This article is about southern
Pacific Ocean. For other uses, see
492:
54:
50:
46:
388:
343:
339:
323:
191:
came to Tahiti for the second time, he was accompanied by
579:"'South Sea' to 'Pacific Ocean': A Note on Nomenclature"
132:
coined the term "South Sea" when he traveled across the
173:, and all adjoining lands to be property of his king.
709:
685:The Island of California: A History of The Myth
687:(1995 reprint ed.). Spokane, Washington:
643:
437:("Why are you angry?"), Oil on canvas, 1896 (
41:, most commonly refers to the portion of the
495:in September 1895. He died in 1903 on the
483:, Oil on canvas, 2012, painted in Vanuatu
385:with a fishing boat in the bay by Matawai
286:
458:South Sea Islander (SĂŒdsee-Insulaner II)
146:
114:
228:and Georg Forster's travel description
710:
678:
676:
674:
217:"An Arcadia of which we will be king."
176:
49:. The term South Sea may also be used
576:
530:Other usages of the term "South Seas"
682:
639:
637:
261:Supplément au voyage de Bougainville
671:
502:Gauguin is considered a pioneer of
151:Spain claimed the South Sea as its
96:, or âSouth Sea,â by Spanish
13:
302:, landscape painter, to accompany
14:
734:
634:
644:Maroto Camino, Mercedes (2005).
469:
446:
423:
400:
366:
351:
334:painted South Sea motifs on the
242:". He describes the country as "
608:
583:The Journal of Pacific History
570:
182:A genre of literature and film
1:
564:
264:, a plea for sexual freedom.
222:Louis Antoine de Bougainville
92:The term was first coined as
504:Expressionism because of his
439:The Art Institute of Chicago
81:are commonly referred to as
57:, or even more narrowly for
7:
552:
522:, and most recently artist
412:A View in Ulietea (Raiatea)
21:South Seas (disambiguation)
10:
739:
559:South Sea (disambiguation)
298:, a nature draftsman, and
224:'s romantic travel report
25:
18:
683:Polk, Dora Beale (1991).
460:, Color lithograph 1915 (
358:Old map of Peru with the
199:, two German scientists.
140:, naming the ocean ahead
110:
65:, an area bounded by the
577:Spate, O. H. K. (1977).
416:National Maritime Museum
393:National Maritime Museum
391:), Oil on canvas, 1776 (
231:A Voyage Round the World
26:Not to be confused with
689:Arthur H. Clark Company
326:, the Society Islands,
193:Johann Reinhold Forster
346:, among other places.
287:Drawings and paintings
252:Voyage autour du monde
226:Voyage autour du monde
162:
122:
650:. Brill. p. 76.
236:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
150:
130:Vasco NĂșñez de Balboa
120:Vasco NĂșñez de Balboa
118:
101:Vasco NĂșñez de Balboa
620:Mapping Sovereignty
258:to write his essay
177:Literature and film
83:South Sea Islanders
63:Polynesian Triangle
691:. pp. 67â76.
536:South Seas Mandate
163:
123:
105:Ferdinand Magellan
85:, particularly in
622:. Duke University
435:No te aha oe riri
238:'s image of the "
234:(1777) confirmed
138:Bay of San Miguel
134:Isthmus of Panama
79:Pacific Islanders
730:
703:
702:
680:
669:
668:
666:
664:
641:
632:
631:
629:
627:
616:"South of What?"
612:
606:
605:
603:
601:
574:
547:South Seas trade
473:
450:
427:
404:
370:
355:
310:, the coasts of
300:Alexander Buchan
296:Sydney Parkinson
159:Age of Discovery
136:and reached the
67:Hawaiian Islands
738:
737:
733:
732:
731:
729:
728:
727:
708:
707:
706:
699:
681:
672:
662:
660:
658:
642:
635:
625:
623:
614:
613:
609:
599:
597:
575:
571:
567:
555:
532:
484:
474:
465:
462:Brooklyn Museum
451:
442:
428:
419:
405:
396:
371:
362:
356:
308:Society Islands
289:
179:
113:
33:Today the term
31:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
736:
726:
725:
720:
705:
704:
697:
670:
656:
633:
607:
589:(4): 205â211.
568:
566:
563:
562:
561:
554:
551:
531:
528:
486:
485:
475:
468:
466:
452:
445:
443:
429:
422:
420:
406:
399:
397:
374:William Hodges
372:
365:
363:
357:
350:
320:William Hodges
288:
285:
248:Garden of Eden
244:jardin dâEden"
219:
218:
207:
206:
187:In 1773, when
178:
175:
112:
109:
28:Southern Ocean
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
735:
724:
723:Pacific Ocean
721:
719:
716:
715:
713:
700:
698:0-8032-8741-0
694:
690:
686:
679:
677:
675:
659:
657:9789401202923
653:
649:
648:
640:
638:
621:
617:
611:
596:
592:
588:
584:
580:
573:
569:
560:
557:
556:
550:
548:
543:
541:
537:
527:
525:
521:
517:
516:Henri Matisse
513:
512:Max Pechstein
509:
505:
500:
498:
494:
490:
482:
478:
472:
467:
463:
459:
455:
449:
444:
440:
436:
432:
426:
421:
417:
413:
409:
403:
398:
394:
390:
386:
384:
380:
375:
369:
364:
361:
354:
349:
348:
347:
345:
341:
337:
333:
329:
325:
321:
317:
316:Easter Island
313:
309:
305:
301:
297:
293:
284:
282:
278:
277:
271:
269:
265:
263:
262:
257:
256:Denis Diderot
253:
249:
245:
241:
237:
233:
232:
227:
223:
216:
215:
214:
212:
205:
202:
201:
200:
198:
197:Georg Forster
194:
190:
185:
183:
174:
172:
167:
160:
156:
155:
149:
145:
143:
139:
135:
131:
128:
121:
117:
108:
106:
102:
99:
95:
90:
88:
84:
80:
76:
75:Easter Island
72:
68:
64:
60:
56:
52:
48:
45:south of the
44:
43:Pacific Ocean
40:
36:
29:
22:
684:
661:. Retrieved
646:
624:. Retrieved
619:
610:
598:. Retrieved
586:
582:
572:
544:
533:
501:
489:Paul Gauguin
487:
480:
457:
434:
431:Paul Gauguin
411:
377:
359:
336:Cook Islands
292:Joseph Banks
290:
276:The Papalagi
274:
272:
268:Paul Gauguin
266:
259:
251:
243:
240:noble savage
229:
225:
220:
211:Joseph Banks
208:
203:
186:
180:
170:
168:
164:
154:mare clausum
152:
141:
127:conquistador
125:The Spanish
124:
98:conquistador
93:
91:
51:synonymously
38:
34:
32:
540:World War I
520:Per Kirkeby
408:John Webber
360:Mar del Sur
332:John Webber
312:New Zealand
157:during the
142:Mar del Sur
71:New Zealand
712:Categories
565:References
508:Emil Nolde
481:The Sea IV
454:Emil Nolde
379:Resolution
304:James Cook
189:James Cook
94:Mar de Sur
35:South Seas
524:Ingo KĂŒhl
497:Marquesas
477:Ingo KĂŒhl
418:, London)
395:, London)
383:Adventure
328:Melanesia
314:, and on
254:inspired
171:South Sea
87:Australia
59:Polynesia
39:South Sea
663:21 March
626:21 March
600:21 March
595:25161059
553:See also
213:wrote:
718:Oceania
493:Papeete
283:alone.
61:or the
55:Oceania
47:equator
695:
654:
593:
389:Tahiti
344:Hawaii
340:Tahiti
294:hired
281:German
111:Origin
591:JSTOR
545:The "
324:Tonga
37:, or
693:ISBN
665:2023
652:ISBN
628:2023
602:2023
534:The
381:and
342:and
195:and
73:and
53:for
526:.
499:.
714::
673:^
636:^
618:.
587:12
585:.
581:.
542:.
518:,
514:,
479::
456::
433::
410::
376::
338:,
89:.
77:.
69:,
701:.
667:.
630:.
604:.
510:,
464:)
441:)
387:(
246:(
161:.
30:.
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
