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Description: | A / NEW / Terrestrial / GLOBE / by / Palmer & Newton / 1783.
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe. Geographical details on the terrestrial sphere show trade winds and monsoons indicated by arrows. The Dampier Strait is labelled. Australia and New Zealand are drawn according to Cook's discoveries. The tracks of Anson's voyage and Cook are shown. A total of eight oceans are named. Astronomical details on the inside of the case show a geocentric projection. Stars are represented by different symbols, but a magnitude table is lacking. The Milky Way is labelled. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and four of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. There are four of the southern constellations as well as those of Plancius and all those of Hevelius. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.
caption: Sphere and case
caption: Cartouche in North Pacific Ocean
caption: Location Retail-Pocket Globe-Showing New Holland China
caption: Globe x-ray | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Globes at Greenwich William Celestial globe Terrestrial globe James Dampier Newton X-ray Pocket globe Cook pocket globes | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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