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BY SMITH'S, CIRCA 1840
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A GEORGE IV 13-INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE
BY SMITH'S, CIRCA 1840
With roundell 'SMITH'S TERRESTRIAL GLOBE CONTAINING THE WHOLE OF THE LATEST DISCOVERIES AND GEOGRAPHICAL IMPROVEMENTS ALSO THE TRACKS OF THE MOST CELEBRATED CIRCUMNAVIGATORS', showing the tracks of various explorers with dates, including Cook, Clerke, La Perouse, Vancouver and Gore, New Guinea shown with partial coastline, Tasmania labelled VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, the Antarctic with a note reading 'Capt. J.Weddell R.N. reached this point 1823', with engraved brass hour dial and meridian circle, the hand-coloured copied paper horizon graduated in degrees in two directions, days of the month and of the houses of the Zodiac, on a turned mahogany frame
18in. (45.7cm.) high overall
BY SMITH'S, CIRCA 1840
With roundell 'SMITH'S TERRESTRIAL GLOBE CONTAINING THE WHOLE OF THE LATEST DISCOVERIES AND GEOGRAPHICAL IMPROVEMENTS ALSO THE TRACKS OF THE MOST CELEBRATED CIRCUMNAVIGATORS', showing the tracks of various explorers with dates, including Cook, Clerke, La Perouse, Vancouver and Gore, New Guinea shown with partial coastline, Tasmania labelled VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, the Antarctic with a note reading 'Capt. J.Weddell R.N. reached this point 1823', with engraved brass hour dial and meridian circle, the hand-coloured copied paper horizon graduated in degrees in two directions, days of the month and of the houses of the Zodiac, on a turned mahogany frame
18in. (45.7cm.) high overall
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