The presence of Tasmania dates this globe to as after 1846 when the island took that name, although the absent Wilkes Land was discovered in 1842. Pierre Lapie died in 1850 (born 1779) and so it would seem reasonable to date this globe as from between 1846 and 1850. Lapie, as well as appearing on the globes of Bastien (fl.1830-c.1850), was also the author of Langlois' terrestrial globe.
An ostensibly similar pocket globe bearing the name of Lapie and with apparently similar cartography and typography was offered by Christie's on 4 October 1995 (Lot 2, p.5). This globe was mounted on a simple brass column, with brass finial, on a marble base; the hole at the South Pole of the example offered here suggests that this globe may at one time have been mounted in a similar fashion.