Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe
Terrestrial pocket globe. The location of the 'Antipodes to London' are marked. The monsoons in the Indian Sea are recorded. The 'Chinese Wall' is depicted. California is drawn as a peninsula. Australia and New Zealand are drawn according to the Dutch discoveries. The track of Anson is recorded and labelled. A total of five oceans are named.
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Object Details
ID: | GLB0057.1 |
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Type: | Pocket globe |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | James Ferguson |
Date made: | 1756 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | : 74 mm |
Parts: |
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
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