Terrestrial pocket globe

Terrestrial pocket globe. The location of the 'Antipodes to London' are marked. Trade winds are indicated by lines between the tropics. California is drawn as an island. Australia is drawn according to the Dutch discoveries, but the label, 'New Zeland' is assigned to Tasmania and New Zealand itself is not drawn. The Dampier Strait is labelled, 'Dampiers Str'. There is no hypothetical southern continent but inside the antarctic circle there is a label, 'Incognita'. Around the north pole, there is a quotation in Latin. The tracks of Drake's voyage of circumnavigation are marked. There is an inaccurate quotation near the north pole which in translation should read, 'To what extremes will you not drive the hearts of men, accurst hunger for gold!' A total of three oceans are named.

Object Details

ID: GLB0013.1
Type: Pocket globe
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Charles Price; John Senex
Date made: circa 1710
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: : 70 mm
Parts: Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
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