Celestial pocket globe
Celestial pocket globe - case for the terrestrial pockte globe. Spherical case consisting of two hinged hemispheres with two hook and eye clasps. It is lined with gores depicting the celestial sphere. There is a magnitude table in front of Ursa Major and the Milky Way is labelled. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and three of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. Four of the southern constellations are drawn as well as those of Plancius and Hevelius.
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Object Details
ID: | GLB0197.2 |
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Type: | Celestial pocket globe |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Moll, Herman |
Date made: | 1719 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | : 77 mm |
Parts: |
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
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