Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe
Terrestrial pocket globe. Geographical details on the terrestrial globe are the same as those of Dudley Adams GLB0042. 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, 'Ansons going out and Ansons return'. A total of five oceans are named.
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Object Details
ID: | GLB0200.1 |
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Type: | Pocket globe |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Dudley Adams |
Date made: | circa 1808 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | : 75 mm |
Parts: |
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
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