Terrestrial floor globe. It forms a pair with the celestial globe, Standford GLB0161. Geographical details on the sphere include a note in the Pacific Ocean on the nomenclature, which reads: 'The original names assigned to these Islands by their illustrious discoverer James Cook in 1778 have been adopted in this globe'.

The settlements of various European nations are indicated by a special notation explained in tables. The individual states of the United States are shown. The lines of magnetic variation are drawn and explained in a comment below the title cartouche: 'Note. The lines of Magnetic variation are adopted / from Professor Peter Barlow's Chart in the Transactions / of the Royal Society for 1833'. The line of zero variation is in the Southern Indian Ocean. Close to the South Pole, there is a cross which is labelled. The Antarctic continent is labelled and there are labels for 'Mount Erebus Active Volcano 12.400 feet high' and 'M.t Terror 10.880 f.t.'

Notes on discoveries in the north polar area include 'Land seen by the Dutch in 1690' and 'Land of Edam seen by the Dutch in 1655'. There are notes on Japan, Sumatra, below Tasmania, in the South Pacific Ocean and in the south polar area. Six oceans are named. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.