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.
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Object Details
ID: | GLB0015.1 |
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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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