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Description: | lad. Hond. Lectoris S.P. / Quoniam crebiores in omnes mundi / partes quotidie navigationes instituu(n)tur, / unde situs ejusdem certius perspicitur / atque innotescit; nemini idcirco mi: / rum spero visum iri, si hcec nostri / globi descriptio ab alijs antehac in lu: / cern editis plurimu(m) discrepet. Quin, / uti par est, nostrce diligentice & curie / favebit, qua recens patefacta & cog: / nita, qua directiones, latitudines, et / similia, co(n)gruenter distincta suis locis / habentur. Quod ipsum in ducendis / lineis Directorij fecimus, & peritis cu: / mulate satisfactum confidimus. / Postremo lectore(m) benev. rogam(us) ut si: / qua(m) loci alicujus pleniorem notitiam / habeat; eandem nobiscu(m), provehendi bani / publici gratia: lubens communieet. vale.
lod. Hondius flander L.M.D.D. and the other with: Cum privi / legio decem annorum.
Terrestrial table globe. Geographical details on the sphere include loxodromes for 32 compass points. There is a hypothetical southern continent, which is labelled. Extensive notes on discoveries are listed according to region, for example, around the North Pole, in North America, near the Hudson Bay and in South America. In Asia there are notes with a picture of the Great Wall of China, which is labelled. In the south polar region there is a rectangular cartouche which is plotted against the latitude. In addition there are two circular cartouches, one with data on the climates and the other representing a scheme of the zones.
An instruction on how to use the rhumb lines is contained within another a cartouche. A total of nine oceans are named. Decorations on the globe include many ships and a few monsters. Numerous fish are also depicted with their names. It is believed that this globe was published between 1613 and 1618. The present globe is the only copy known of its class, to which the new discoveries in Northern Canada have been added. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.
caption: Sphere and stand
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caption: Inscription below empty cartouche at a southern continent
caption: Globe x-ray | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Globes at Greenwich Henry Terrestrial globe Jodocus Davis terrestrial globes Columbus Table globe X-ray Hondius John Hudson Christopher | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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