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Description: | A New / CELESTIAL GLO / Made by R. Morden, W. Berry, / and Sold at their Shops at ye / in Cornhill, at ye Globe at Che / c Cross, and at ye Atlas & Herc / in Cheapside / London.
Celestial table globe. It forms a pair with the terrestrial globe, Morden, Berry and Lea GLB0164. Astronomical details on the sphere include a magnitude table pasted to the right of Auriga. The Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds are labelled. There are a novae in Cygnus and Cetus, which are also labelled. A total of 63 stars and three star groups are named. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and four of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. Two of the southern constellations are drawn as well as those of Plancius, but not all of the southern constellations are visible due to damage. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.
caption: Sphere and stand
caption: Cartouche below Eridanus
caption: Globe x-ray | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Globes at Greenwich William Celestial globe Berry Robert celestial globes Petrus Lea Table globe X-ray Morden Philip Petrus Plancius | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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