A new accurate, and compleat terrestrial globe, accompanying the Geographical Magazine : originally...
A new accurate, and compleat terrestrial globe, accompanying the Geographical Magazine : originally...
A new accurate, and compleat terrestrial globe, accompanying the Geographical Magazine : originally laid down by the late Mr James Ferguson F.R.S. / improved by G.Wright, and made by W. Bardin.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
[London] Published as the Act directs by Harrison & Co., No. 18 Paternoster Row Aug. 1783.
London Made by W. Bardin, Fleet Steet
Call Numbers
GLOBE 12
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, 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 Aug. 1783.
London Made by W. Bardin, Fleet Steet
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
Aug. 1783.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Terrestrial desk-top globe with tracks of explorers. Among the explorers tracks are Cook's 1769-1779, and Admiral Anson's. At the southern pole, is the note 'Many Isle & firm field of Ice", rather than an Antarctic continent. Tasmania is shown as a peninsula, connected to the Australian continent. North America is labelled as 'New Albion', the mid-...
Alternative Titles
Full title
A new accurate, and compleat terrestrial globe, accompanying the Geographical Magazine : originally laid down by the late Mr James Ferguson F.R.S. / improved by G.Wright, and made by W. Bardin.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
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.
Terrestrial globe, with varnished, mounted gores. The globe is set into a four-legged mahogany stand, and encircled by wooden ring, with a mounted paper horizon band. A brass meridian ring, encircles the globe. An hour pointer is attached at the northern pole....
Citation / References Note
Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers Q-Z, revised, (1999), p. 413.
Additional physical form availability note
Online at the State Library of NSW.
Exhibitions
Exhibited in: "Kill or Cure? A Taste of Medicine", State Library of New South Wales, 30 July 2022 - 22 January 2023. NSL
Exhibited in: "Maps of the Pacific", State Library of New South Wales, August 2021 to 24 April 2022. NSL
Time Period
1783
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
GLOBE 12
Record Identifier
74VKVXWRPBZg
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVXWRPBZg
Other Identifiers
MMS ID
991024117517902626
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