Terrestrial pocket globe

Terrestrial pocket globe. The place of Cook's death is marked and Tasmania is drawn as an island. An island off the coast of Argentina, sighted by Antonio de la Roche in 1675 and never sighted again, is marked 'very doubtfull'. In the south polar region, the most southern point depicted is South Shetland and Enderby's Land is not yet indicated. The voyages of several explorers are tracked on the globe, including those of Cook, Gore and Clerke. A total of seven oceans are named.

Object Details

ID: GLB0011.1
Type: Pocket globe
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Charles Smith & Son
Date made: 1834
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: sphere: 94 mm
Parts: Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)