Terrestrial hand globe

Case base for terrestrial hand globe. Geographical details on the globe are the same as Newton GLB0054 and GLB0059, but updated by the track of 'Captain Biscoe' and 'Enderby's I'. The location of the 'Antipodes of London' are marked. There is a note on Cook's death, 'Owyhee / Capt. Cook killed 1779'. 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. There is another copy of this terrestrial globe, dated circa 1840.

Object Details

ID: GLB0015.1
Type: Case base
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Newton & Son
Date made: After 1833
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 55 mm; Diameter: 97 mm
Parts: Terrestrial hand globe (Hand globe)
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