Celestial pocket globe

Celestial pocket globe - case for the terrestrial pocket globe. Spherical case consists of two hinged hemispheres with hook and eye clasps. It is lined with gores depicting celestial sphere. There is a labelled magnitude table in front of Ursa Major. A total of 22 stars and three star groups are named. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and two of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. There are two of the southern constellations, as well as those of Plancius and one of Hevelius. The copper plates of the celestial gores were used later by Senex, see GLB0035 and then by Adams, see GLB0052 and GLB00I4.

Object Details

ID: GLB0013.2
Type: Pocket globe
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Charles Price; John Senex
Date made: circa 1710
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: : 77 mm
Parts: Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)