Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe

Celestial pocket globe - case for the terrestrial pocket globe. Spherical case consists of two hinged hemispheres with two hook and eye clasps. It is lined with gores depicting the celestial sphere. Stars are represented by different symbols, but a magnitude table is absent. The Milky Way is labelled. Six stars and three star groups are named. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and four of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. Four of the southern constellations are drawn with those of Plancius and Hevelius.

Object Details

ID: GLB0057.2
Type: Pocket globe
Display location: Not on display
Creator: James Ferguson
Date made: 1756
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: : 80 mm
Parts: Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
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