A new celestial globe, accompanying the Geographical Magazine / made by W. Bardin.
A new celestial globe, accompanying the Geographical Magazine / made by W. Bardin.
A new celestial globe, accompanying the Geographical Magazine / made by W. Bardin.
About this item
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Author / Creator
Publisher
[London] Published as the Act directs by Harrison & Co., No. 18 Paternoster Row Apr. 1, 1785.
Alternative title
Call Numbers
GLOBE 13
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Cartographic data
Scale not given
Physical content
1 globe : paper, resin, mouted in a four-legged mahogany stand with graduated meridian ring, hour pointer, and wood horizon ring ; 22 cm in diameter.
Content type
cartographic three-dimensional form
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
object
Publication information
Publisher
[London] Published as the Act directs by Harrison & Co., No. 18 Paternoster Row Apr. 1, 1785.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
Apr. 1, 1785.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Celestial globe, showing constellations represented pictorally. The globe has a partner in Wright and Bardin's 'Terrestrial Globe', 1783. The two globes were issued as a promotional exercise for William Fordyce Mavor's (aka Martyn) publication 'The Geographical Magazine; or a New Copius, Compleat and Universal System of Geography'. Source: Sumira,...
Alternative Titles
Full title
A new celestial globe, accompanying the Geographical Magazine / made by W. Bardin.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Intended to be supplemented by: Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758-1837. 'Geographical magazine; or, a new, copius, compleat, and universal system of geography'. ESTC. T81841....
Citation / References Note
Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers A-D, revised, (1999), p. 84.
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
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
GLOBE 13
Record Identifier
74VKVXGZXjOM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVXGZXjOM
Other Identifiers
MMS ID
991024117796702626
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