AN ENGLISH 2¾-INCH POCKET GLOBE

AFTER MOLL, CIRCA 1770

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AN ENGLISH 2¾-INCH POCKET GLOBE
After Moll, circa 1770
the globe made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, graduated equator and ecliptic, cartouch A Correct GLOBE with the new Discoveries, New Holland with Diemen's land as a peninsula, the 1760 route of Captain Cook shown, trade winds marked, in original fishskin case with two clasps and interior celestial gores, cartouche A Correct Globe with ye New Constellations of Dr Halley &c., the constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures with stars to six orders of magnitude.
3in. (8cm.) diameter in case

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Lot Essay

Dekker identifies this anonymous pocket globe as being identical to that of Herman Moll (fl.1678-1732) of 1719, aside from minor alterations to the text of each of the two cartouches, route of Captain Cook among others.

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