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Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe
| titel | Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe
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| inventarisnummer | GLB0014
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| collectie | Globes
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| museum | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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| datum | circa 1770
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| omschrijving | Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe. Geographical details on the terrestrial sphere include the location of the 'Antipodes to London'. Monsoons and trade winds are depicted by arrows and California is drawn as a peninsula. Australia is drawn according to the Dutch discoveries but the label 'New Zeland' is allocated to Tasmania; New Zealand itself is absent. The explorations of Dampier are included and the tracks of Anson's voyage are shown. There is a label around both Poles and a total of four oceans are named.
Astronomical details on the inside of the case are the same as Senex GLB0035 as well as Price and Senex GLB0013. There is a labelled magnitude table in front of Ursa Major and the Milky Way is labelled. 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.
As Fleet Street became numbered only in 1776, these pocket globes by George Adams Senior were clearly produced after this date. Since the eastern coast of Australia is not clearly outlined, a date before 1771 is indicated. 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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