Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe
Terrestrial pocket globe. Monsoons are marked in the Indian Ocean and the Chinese Sea. The Chinese Wall is drawn. Australia is drawn according to Cook's discoveries in that Tasmania is still connected to Australia. Australia is labelled 'Dimens Land'. There is a note regarding Captain Cook's death, 'Owhyhee / Here C. Cook / was Kill'd on Cook's death'. The tracks of Anson and Cook are marked. A total of six oceans are named. The present pocket globe is an updated version of the Lane 1/2 copy, which has the prime meridian through the Canary Islands. The choice of the prime meridian of London on the present globe is a later adjustment. Updated versions of the present copy, are numerous, for instance, see West GLB0010.
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Object Details
ID: | GLB0028.1 |
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Type: | Pocket globe |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Nicolas Lane |
Date made: | Gores produced: 1776; Plates altered: 1779 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | : 69 mm |
Parts: |
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
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