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ADAMS, Dudley, (1762-1830), London
To His Moft Sacred MAJESTY GEORGE THE THIRD King of Great Brittain &c. This new Globe of the Earth correctly laid down according to ye beft Obfervations & lateft Difcoveries Is moft humbly Inscribed By His MAJESTY's moft dutiful & obliged Subject & Servant DUDLEY ADAMS Globe & Mathematical Instrument Maker to the King & Optician to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales Fleet Street 1807
A 12-inch (30.5cm.) diameter terrestrial globe made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores, the equatorial graduated in degrees in two directions and in minutes, the anti-meridian graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in days, all three highlighted in green, as are the tropics and polar circles, the oceans showing numerous rhum lines, trade winds, and the tracks of Admiral Anson's voyage and Captain Cook's three voyages, with dates of various discoveries, Hawaii labelled Here Capt Cook was Killd 1779, the continents delicately outlined in green with a wealth of detail, the Sahara labelled with Dest. called a Sea of Sand, No Water for the Space of 60 Lgs., Abounds in Manna, Here the Moors Gather Rock Salt and similar, New Zealand labelled in Maori Tavae Poenammoo and Eahei Namawe, (some old abrasions and cracks, neat repairs), with unengraved brass hour dial and meridian circle engraved on one side divided in four quadrants, the paper horizon ring graduated in degrees, days of the month and of the houses of the Zodiac, with compass directions, symbols, pictures and names for the houses of the Zodiac, Saints' Days, and months, edged in green and red, a moveable brass wire half circle attached at 0° east and west, the four mahogany supports with brass wire half circle fixed 12° south of the horizon, to turned centre post with three outswept legs united by three stretchers to a compass with blued steel needle, signed DUDLEY ADAMS LONDON -- 22.5in. (57.1cm.) high
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