A new terrestrial globe on which the tracts and discoveries are laid down from the accurate observat...
A new terrestrial globe on which the tracts and discoveries are laid down from the accurate observations made by Caps. Cook, Furneux, Phipps & c. / by W.Palmer & J.Newton, publish'd as the Act directs May 9th. 1782.
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Full title
Publisher
[London] W.Palmer & J.Newton 1782
Call Numbers
GLOBE 11
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Cartographic data
Scale not given (W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°)
Physical content
1 globe : paper, hand-coloured, papier-mâché, resin, mounted in a four-legged oak stand with brass, graduated meridian ring, and wood horizon ring ; 30 cm, in diameter.
Content type
cartographic three-dimensional form
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
object
Publication information
Publisher
[London] W.Palmer & J.Newton 1782
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1782
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Full title
A new terrestrial globe on which the tracts and discoveries are laid down from the accurate observations made by Caps. Cook, Furneux, Phipps & c. / by W.Palmer & J.Newton, publish'd as the Act directs May 9th. 1782.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
General note
Some relief shown by hachures.
Title from cartouche.
Terrestrial globe composed of papier-mâché, and covered with two sets of engraved and hand-coloured, varnished paper half-gores. The globe is set into a four-legged oak stand and encircled by an oak ring, upon which is pasted a decorative, paper horizon ring, illustrated with engraved and hand-coloured astrological signs. A brass meridian ring a...
Additional physical form availability note
Online at the State Library of NSW.
Exhibitions
Exhibited in: "Maps of the Pacific", State Library of New South Wales, August 2021 to 24 April 2022. NSL
Time Period
d1782
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
GLOBE 11
Record Identifier
74VKVMEEzg3M
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVMEEzg3M
Other Identifiers
MMS ID
991024030308202626
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