Terrestrial table globe

Terrestrial table globe. It forms a pair with the celestial globe, Bardin and Wright GLB0094. Geographical details on the sphere are the same as Bardin GLB0169. There are 'Variable Winds' with wind arrows between the tropics and two tables for the Monsoons, one in 'THE INDIAN SEA' and the other in 'THE EASTERN OCEAN'. Australia is labelled New Holland and Tasmania is depicted as a peninsula. Notes on discoveries include 'G. F. de Witt's Land disc.d 1616' and 'Land of Lyons discd 1622' and 'NEW SOUTH WALES disd 1770'. The tracks 'Ad Anson's Track', 'Cap.t Cook in 1769, 1773, 1774, 1776, 1778, 1779' and 'Cook and Furneaux in 1773' are shown. There is a note on Cook's death, 'Owyhee Here Capt. Cook was killed, Feby 14, 1779'. A total of nine oceans are named.

The hidden text, beginning with 'Published....', is not covered on Bardin GLB0169. Therefore, the present globe is of a later date of production. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.

Object Details

ID: GLB0093
Collection: Astronomical and navigational instruments; Charts and maps
Type: Table globe
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bardin, William; Wright, Gabriel
Date made: circa 1800
People: Cook, James; Bardin
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection
Measurements: Overall: 345 x 322 mm; Diameter of sphere: 230 mm; Diameter of Meridian Ring: 255 mm
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