Case - celestial pocket globe
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe. Trade winds and monsoons on the globe are indicated by arrows. California is drawn as a peninsula. Australia and New Zealand are drawn according to the discoveries of Cook, whose death is recorded, 'Owhyhee / Where Cap.t Cook was / Killed'. Cook's third voyage, with the incorrect dates of 1772 and 1774 in the South Pacific Ocean is labelled, 'Cap.t Cook left Plymouth / July 13 1776'. A total of four oceans are named. The celestial sphere has a geocentric projection. The stars are marked by different symbols but there is no magnitude table. The Milky Way is labelled. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and four of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. There are three of the southern constellations, those of Plancius, except Volans and Chamaeleon, and all those of Hevelius. However, not all the southern constellations are labelled. This pocket globe was advertised as a 'New Year's Gift for the instruction and amusement of Young Ladies and Gentlemen', for the price of half a guinea.
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Object Details
ID: | GLB0009.2 |
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Type: | Pocket globe |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | John Miller |
Date made: | 1793 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Diameter: 90 mm; Sphere diameter: 76 mm |
Parts: |
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
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