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Description: | A / PARIS / Chez le S. r / Fortin, / rue de la / Harpe, / 1770.
Terrestrial hand globe. Geographical details on the sphere show Australia and New Zealand drawn according to the Dutch discoveries. A dotted line marks a hypothetical north-east, east and south coast of Australia. There are no tracks of voyages, but the lands seen by Quiros and Davis are marked. A total of three oceans are named. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.
caption: Horizon ring of Terrestrial Globe by Fortin
caption: Sphere and case
caption: Cartouche in South Pacific Ocean
caption: Globe x-ray | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Globes at Greenwich Terrestrial globe hand globes X-ray | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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