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Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe
Terrestrial pocket globe. The location of the 'Antipodes of London' which are marked. There is a note on Cook's death, 'Owyhee / Capt. Cook killed 1779'. Tasmania is depicted as an island. The tracks of Cook's second and third voyages are shown with corresponding dates. A total of seven oceans are named.
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Object Details
| ID: | GLB0054.1 |
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| Type: | Pocket globe |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Newton Son & Berry |
| Date made: | circa 1830 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Diameter of Meridian Ring: 88 mm |
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Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
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