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Description: | NEWTON'S / New and Improved / TERRESTRIAL GLOBE / Drawn from the Surveys / of the most esteemed / Navigators & Travellers. / NEWTON and SON Chancery Lane / Published 1. st May 1842.
Terrestrial table globe. Geographical details on the sphere include a note in Africa that reads: 'Conjectural source of the Rr. Zaire'. There are five labels in the south pole region including, for example, 'South Victoria Land', ENDERBY's LAND', and 'SOUTH SHETLAND'. A total of eight oceans are named.
A bag of lead shot was originally fixed inside the globe to balance it but this is now detached. A similar copy of the 240 mm globe by Newton, dated 1817, has been identified. It has a slightly different inscription and a floating horizon is attached to the meridian ring.
This item is in very poor condition making it impossible to take a photograph of the globe as a whole. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.
caption: Inscription in North Pacific Ocean
caption: Lead shot for terrestrial globe by Newton
caption: Globe x-ray | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Globes at Greenwich Terrestrial globe Newton & Son terrestrial globes Table globe Newton X-ray | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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