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Description: | A New / GLOBE of the / Earth / by Dudley Adams.
J. Mynde Sc.
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe. Geographical details on the terrestrial sphere are the same as Ferguson GLB0057 but updated. The tracks of 'Cook's going out 1776' with the 'Endeavor' and 'C.n King's Return 1780' are added and the coastlines of Australia and New Zealand are drawn as after Cook's discoveries. Ferguson's 'Dimens L.d', 'de Wit's Land', 'NEW HOLLAND' and 'Lewins Land' are maintained and the name of Ferguson's other 'Dimens Land' and of 'New Zeeland' are both reallocated. 'N. SOUTH WALES', 'P.t lackson', 'Botany B.' 'Owyhee' and so on are added. The coastline of America north of California is drawn with 'Alaska' and 'Behring'. The location of the 'Antipodes to London' are marked, and monsoons in the Indian Sea are recorded. The Chinese Wall is depicted. The track of Anson is recorded and labelled. Five oceans are named.
Astronomical details on the inside of the case are the same as Ferguson, GLB0057. Stars are represented by different symbols, but a magnitude table is absent. The Milky Way is labelled. A total of six stars and three star groups are named. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and four of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. Four of the southern constellations are drawn as well as those of Plancius and Hevelius. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.
caption: Globe 51
caption: Cartouche in North Pacific Ocean
caption: Sphere and case | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Globes at Greenwich Celestial globe Terrestrial globe Captain James Cook Navigator James Pocket globe Cook pocket globes | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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