Terrestrial table globe

Terrestrial table globe. Geographical details on the sphere show the interior of North America as mostly empty. California is drawn as a peninsula, and Australia and New Zealand are drawn according to the Dutch discoveries. There are two notes on Tasman's voyages and six on discoveries; one of these is illegible. The tracks of ten voyages are shown, including, for example, 'Route de Magellan l'an 1520', 'Route de Gaetan de I'an 1542' and 'Route du 2e voyage de Mendana aven Gallego en 1568 and avec Quir en 1595?'. A total of five oceans are named.

The design of the stand is the same as that of the terrestrial globe of Hardy, GLB0147. Clearly the mounting of this and the present globe were made in the same workshop. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.

Object Details

ID: GLB0146
Collection: Astronomical and navigational instruments; Charts and maps
Type: Table globe
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Delisle, Guillaume
Date made: 1700
People: Magellan, Ferdinand; Maire, Jacob Le Schouten, Willem Cornelissen Pelsaert, Francois Alexander Chaumont Dampier, William Davies, John Nuyts, Peter Witt, Gerrit Frederiksz de
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Overall: 546 x 473 mm; Diameter of sphere: 325 mm; Diameter of Meridian Ring: 370 mm