Terrestrial table globe

Terrestrial table globe. It forms a pair with the celestial globe, Price GLB0149. Geographical details on the sphere show California drawn as an island. The Dampier Strait is marked and the 'Chinese Wall' is depicted. The trade winds and monsoons are indicated by lines and arrows. There is a label 'VARIABLE WINDS' with an explanatory text. There are four notes on winds and monsoons, for example, on the west coast of Africa: 'Within these limits are perpetual Calmes and with ter / rible Thunder Lighting and / Rains'.

There are seven notes on discoveries, including, for example: 'BAHAMA I.s are said to be 400 in number / and was the first land discoverd / by Columbus in 1492'. There are labels in Australia and New Zealand is labelled 'ZELANDIA NOVA Discover.d 1644'. A note on animals reads 'In this Sea are many Animals partly re: / sembling a Fish partly a Fowl having a / neck like a Swan which they often thrust / above water ye rest being always under'.

There are a number of illegible texts on one area of the globe. Nine oceans are named. The hour circle does not belong to the item. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.

Object Details

ID: GLB0154
Collection: Astronomical and navigational instruments; Charts and maps
Type: Table globe
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Price, Charles
Date made: 1715
People: Columbus, Christopher; Magellan, Ferdinand Nuyts, Peter Witt, Gerrit Frederiksz de
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Overall: 385 x 344 mm; Diameter of sphere: 230 mm; Diameter of Meridian Ring: 249 mm
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