New celestial globe.
New celestial globe.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
[London] : pub.d by J. & W. Cary, Strand, [between 1791 and 1820].
Alternative title
Call Numbers
GLOBE 16
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Cartographic data
Scale not given.
Physical content
1 globe : hand-coloured gores ; approximately 80 mm in diameter, 90mm with axis pins, in case, 90 mm in diameter.
Content type
cartographic three-dimensional form
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
object
Publication information
Publisher
[London] : pub.d by J. & W. Cary, Strand, [between 1791 and 1820].
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
[between 1791 and 1820].
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
Celestial globe with metal axis pins at the poles. With engraved and hand-coloured gores. The globe shows bordered celestial regions, with various bodies within classified according to Bayer (Greek symbols) and Flamsteed (numbered) designations.
Alternative Titles
Full title
New celestial globe.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Dated according to Cary's earliest manufacture of three and a half inch globes, and the firm's address in the Strand, before it's relocation to 86 St. James Street in 1820. Sources: Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, A-D, 1999, p. 239 ; Sumira, S., Globes, 2014, p. 179.
Rare books copy: Assumed to be a companion to the terrestrial globe, 'Cary's Pocket Globe', 1791, at call number GLOBE 1....
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
d1791 d1820
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
GLOBE 16
Record Identifier
74VKVoGmlxyg
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVoGmlxyg
Other Identifiers
MMS ID
991024168615102626
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