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Dedie presente / a S. A. S. MADAME / LA DUCHESSE DU MAINE / par son tres humble et tres obeissant / serviteur NOLET Lic. en Theologie.
GLOBE TERRESTRE / dresse sur les observations les plus nouvelles et les plus / exactes approuvees par M. rs de l'Academie / Roiale des Sciences AParis. / avec privilege du Roi / 1728.
Monte par l'Auteur.
Terrestrial floor globe. Geographical details on the sphere show California drawn as a peninsula. Along the meridian is the label 'Ligne de Demarcation' and along that is the the label 'Ligne de Demarcation selon la Bulle d'Alexandre VI'. The North and South polar continents are labelled 'TERRES ARCTIQUES' and 'TERRES AUSTRALES ou ANTARCTIQUES', respectively. Australia and New Zealand are drawn according to the Dutch discoveries. The Dampier Strait is labelled 'Detroit de Dampier'.
There are the tracks of voyages, including, for example, 'Route de Magellan en 1520', 'Route de Mendana en 1586 and en 1595' and 'Route de Quiros en 1605'. A total of four oceans are named. A pair of globes by Nollet is in the J. Paul Getty Museum, California. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.
caption: Title in South Pacific Ocean
caption: Sphere and stand
caption: Globe x-ray | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Globes at Greenwich Floor globe Terrestrial globe terrestrial globes Maire Halley Jacob Le John Magellan Pedro Fernandez de Quiros Davis St Louis fl.1708 Ferdinand X-ray Alvaro de Mendana Edmond | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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