Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe

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Terrestrial pocket globe. The location of the 'Antipodes to London' are marked. The monsoons in the Indian Sea are recorded. The 'Chinese Wall' is depicted. California is drawn as a peninsula. Australia and New Zealand are drawn according to the Dutch discoveries. The track of Anson is recorded and labelled. A total of five oceans are named.

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Object Details

ID:	GLB0057.1
Type:	Pocket globe
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	James Ferguson
Date made:	1756
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	: 74 mm
Parts:	Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe) Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe) (GLB0057.1) Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe) (GLB0057.2)