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Terrestrial floor globe

titelTerrestrial floor globe 
inventarisnummerGLB0130 
collectieGlobes    
museumNational Maritime Museum, Greenwich   National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
datumcirca 1650  
omschrijvingTerrestrial floor globe. It forms a pair with the celestial globe, Blaeu GLB0131. Geographical details on the sphere are almost the same as Blaeu GLB0104. There are loxodromes for 32 compass points, the Strait of le Maire is drawn and California is shown as an island by the use of overlay gores. The Dutch discoveries of parts of the coast of Australia and New Zealand are recorded and the Great Wall of China is depicted with an almost illegible comment. The hypothetical southern continent is labelled. There are also decorative animals, cannibals, ships and monsters. There is a note on finding the longitude, inside a cartouche decorated with two figures, one with a cross staff and the other with a quadrant. There is a note on the history of exploration in North America inside a cartouche with eskimos in a kayak on the top, and Indians at the sides. At the bottom is a bear's head with foxes and beavers. There are further notes on discoveries and circumnavigation. A total of ten oceans are named. The 'pasted-on' correction for the region near Japan with the discoveries of Vries of 1643 is absent. This absence could indicate an earlier class of globe. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication. 
afmetingenOverall: 1168 x 916 mm; Sphere diameter: 680 mm   
 

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