Terrestrial table globe. Geographical details on the sphere show 'Greeley Fiord', indicated north of Greenland. In the south polar area there are labels for nine regions, including for example, 'Supposed Southern continent', 'Emp. Peter I' and 'Graham Island'. Shipping routes are marked and labelled 'Steam Packet Route from Suez to Bombay'. Telegraph lines in the oceans are marked and labelled which connect Europe with North America and India with Malaya/China, and in Australia there is a line marked and labelled. A total of five oceans are named but the label for the South Pacific Ocean is lacking in this edition of the globe..

This globe is datable by the inclusion of information gained by Adolphus Greeley's expedition to North Greenland in 1881-84. The names of many islands are underlined in red. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.