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Description: | I. Hondius Lectori S. / In Iocorum longitudine hactenus mirifice peccatum esse omnibus hydrographiae peritis satis / supq constat: Regiones enim fere omnes descriptae sunt prout naucleri in suis navigati: / onibus directionem duorum locorum ab uno loco ad alterum invenerunt, idque nulla / habita ratione loci tertij, vel deviationis acus nauticae, vel etiam directorij nautici, / quo indifferenter utuntur, quamvis in uno non aeque ac in alio chalybea illa acus / ponatur, et a vero Septentrione magis vel minus divertatur, pro usu loci in quo / directoria fabricata sunt, unde necessario longitudo locorum distorta est. / Multi hos errores frustra conati sunt emendare per polares stellas, alij per Lunae / cursum: alij certius per eclipses. Verum hoc opus, ille labor quis enim in tanta / locorum multitudine eclipses observabit ? At cum jam tandem per variationem / aut deviationem acus nauticae, ut vocant) locorum longitudo inveniatur, opere: / pretium me facturum putavi si in hoc globo regiones omnes (saltem / quarum longitudo am cognita est) suis quasq veris longitudinis gra: / dibus delineavero, quamvis id non exigui laboris fuerit. Longitudine / incepimus non ab Insulis fortunatis, ut Ptoleme, sed ab ijs / quae acores, vocantur quod cus nautica ibi recte in Se: / ptentrionem verat. Vale. / Anno 160
Ill. mo viro optimaruq / artium amatori et Fau: / tori D Paulo Mellino Roma / no Iosephus de Rubeis Mediolanensis devoti / animi monu / mentum dat / dicatquae
Terrestrial table globe. Geographical details on the sphere are the same as Hondius GLB0129. There are loxodromes for 32 compass points and there is a label for the Strait of Magellan, 'Fretum Magellanicum'. The Strait of Ie Maire is still absent. There is a hypothetical southern continent, which is labelled 'TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA'. There are notes on four unexplored regions, for example, in Asia, a comment on New Guinea and one in South America. There are notes on discoveries around the North Pole: 'Nova Zembla detecta 1596', and in North America: 'AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALIS a Christophoro Columb. 1492 detecta'.
Decorations on the globe include many ships and a few monsters in the oceans. A total of 11 oceans are named. A set of gores of this Hondius/de Rossi globe is conserved in the Library of Congress, Washington. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.
caption: Sphere and stand
caption: Dedication cartouche in North America | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Globes at Greenwich Terrestrial globe terrestrial globes Table globe | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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