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Description: | SEDENTE PAPA CLEMENTE XIII: REG / nante in Austria Regina Maria Theresia: Conregente / Imperatori Francisco I: coronato 3. Aprilis Germano / rum Rege Josepho II: Provincia[l]i A: R: P: Cypri / ano Palm Globus hic Terraqeus a pluribus / Confratribus confectus, et in hunc / statum est redactus / Anno / M D CC LX IV.
Terrestrial table globe. Geographical details on the sphere show marks and labels of the antipodes of Graz. The west coast of North America is labelled, and California is peninsula. 'Nova Guinea' is depicted as a small island. East of it there is another one, which is labelled 'Nova Brit..'. Next to this island there is a very large one with the label 'Nova magna Guinea seu Piccinacoli'. Below this, there is a land indicated by its northern boundary; it is labelled 'Terra Carpentaria'. Part of the border of a hypothetical southern continent is indicated and labelled 'TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA MAGELLANICA'. This is followed by a note.
Joseph II was made King of the Romans in 1764, and this globe may have been made for the occasion by monks of a monastery. The mapping of the globe reflects the cartographical ideas of approximately 1750, when California was depicted as a peninsula. The island 'Nova Brit..' was discovered by Dampier in 1700. Australia and New Zealand are lacking and there is only an unusual representation of part of the northern coast of Australia, with the label 'Terra Carpentaria'. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.
caption: Globe x-ray
caption: Terrestrial table globe
caption: Sphere and stand
caption: Cartouche | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Globes at Greenwich Terrestrial globe terrestrial globes Table globe X-ray | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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