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.

Object Details

ID: GLB0054.1
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
Parts: Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
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