Newton's New & Improved Terrestrial Globe

This small terrestrial globe forms a pair with the celestial globe, GLB0060. It is made of two hemispheres of papier mache, joined at the equator. It is covered with plaster and twelve full gores that are copper-engraved and hand-coloured. There is a metal pivot at each pole which fit into two notches in the rim of the bottom part of its domed wooden case. Labels on the globe record the location of the 'Antipodes of London' and of Cook's death. Tasmania is depicted as an island. The tracks of Cook's second and third voyages are shown with corresponding dates. A total of seven oceans are named. The Newton firm opened new premises in Fleet Street in 1852, on which the dating is based.

Object Details

ID: GLB0059
Collection: Astronomical and navigational instruments; Charts and maps
Type: Terrestrial globe
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Newton & Son
Date made: circa 1860
People: Briscoe, John; Newton Cook, James
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Overall: 110 x 100 mm; Diameter of sphere: 76 mm
Parts: Newton's New & Improved Terrestrial Globe