Maritiem Digitaal
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Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe
| titel | Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe
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| inventarisnummer | GLB0013
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| collectie | Globes
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| museum | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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| datum | circa 1710
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| omschrijving | Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe. Geographical details on the terrestrial sphere show the location of the 'Antipodes to London'. Trade winds are indicated by lines between the tropics; California is drawn as an island. Australia is drawn according to the Dutch discoveries, but the label 'New Zeland' is assigned to Tasmania (New Zealand itself is not drawn). The Dampier Strait is labelled, 'Dampiers Str'. There is no hypothetical southern continent but inside the Antarctic Circle there is a label, 'Incognita'. There is a quotation in Latin around the North Pole. The tracks of Drake's voyage of circumnavigation are marked.
There is an inaccurate quotation near the North Pole which in translation should read: 'To what extremes will you not drive the hearts of men, accurst hunger for gold!' A total of three oceans are named.
Astronomical details on the inside of the case include a labelled magnitude table in front of Ursa Major. A total of 22 stars and three star groups are named. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and two of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. There are two of the southern constellations, as well as those of Plancius and one of Hevelius. The copper plates of the celestial gores were used later by Senex, see GLB0035, and then by Adams, see GLB0052 and GLB0014. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.
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| afmetingen | Diameter: 80 mm; Sphere Diameter: 70 mm
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