Celestial navigational globe

Red pencil from a celestial navigational globe. Astronomical details on the sphere show stars without constellation figures or contours. There is a labelled magnitude table above the title in a rectangular cartouche. Some stars are labelled by their Bayer notation or Flamsteed number; a total of 44 stars are named. There are a few manuscript marks on the sphere in blue and red. For a copy by another maker see Heath GLB0206. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.
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