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Description: | A PARIS chez / le S. r Fortin / rue de la / Harpe.
Baradelle L'aine A Paris.
GLOBE / CELESTE sur / Lequel les Etoilles / sont placee comme elles / sont a Present.
Celestial miniature globe. It forms a pair with the terrestrial globe Fortin, GLB0244. Astronomical details on the sphere include a note in a cartouche to the right of an imprint. There is a labelled magnitude table below Hydra, and the Milky Way is labelled. A total of four stars are named. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and four of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. The 12 southern constellations of Plancius are also drawn. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.
caption: Celestial Globe by Fortin, 1770 - with Meridian Ring
caption: Pair of hand globes by Fortin
caption: Sphere and stand
caption: Horizon ring | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Globes at Greenwich Celestial globe Petrus hand globes Petrus Plancius | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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