Terrestrial table globe
Terrestrial table globe. Geographical details on the sphere include loxodromes for 32 compass points. There is a hypothetical southern continent, which is labelled. Extensive notes on discoveries are listed according to region, for example, around the North Pole, in North America, near the Hudson Bay and in South America. In Asia there are notes with a picture of the Great Wall of China, which is labelled. In the south polar region there is a rectangular cartouche which is plotted against the latitude. In addition there are two circular cartouches, one with data on the climates and the other representing a scheme of the zones.
An instruction on how to use the rhumb lines is contained within another a cartouche. A total of nine oceans are named. Decorations on the globe include many ships and a few monsters. Numerous fish are also depicted with their names. It is believed that this globe was published between 1613 and 1618. The present globe is the only copy known of its class, to which the new discoveries in Northern Canada have been added. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.
An instruction on how to use the rhumb lines is contained within another a cartouche. A total of nine oceans are named. Decorations on the globe include many ships and a few monsters. Numerous fish are also depicted with their names. It is believed that this globe was published between 1613 and 1618. The present globe is the only copy known of its class, to which the new discoveries in Northern Canada have been added. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.
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Object Details
ID: | GLB0167 |
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Collection: | Astronomical and navigational instruments; Charts and maps |
Type: | Table globe |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Hondius, Jodocus |
Date made: | Gores produced: 1600; Gores produced: 1600; Plates altered: after 1613 Plates altered: after 1613 |
People: | Columbus, Christopher; Davies, John Hudson, Henry |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 593 x 498 mm; Diameter of sphere: 356 mm; Diameter of Meridian Ring: 389 mm |
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