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LORING, Josiah, (1775-1840), Boston
Loring's TERRESTRIAL GLOBE containing all THE LATEST DISCOVERIES AND Geographical Improvements, also the Tracks of the most celebrated Circumnavigators. Compiled from Smith's new English Globe with additions and improvements by Annin & Smith. Revised by G.W. Boynton.Manufactured by Gilman Joslin, Boston. 1860.
A 12-inch (30.5cm.) diameter terresrial globe, made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and one (North) polar calotte, the equatorial graduated in degrees, hours and minutes, the ecliptic graduated in days of the month and of the houses of the Zodiac with names for the former and symbols for the latter, the meridian of Greenwich ungraduated, the oceans with an analemma and showing a Submarine Telegraph Cable in the North Atlantic Ocean, tracks of various explorers, including Cook, La Perouse, Wilkes, Clerke, Vancouver and Gore with various dates, and information such as Here Columbus first landed 12 Octr.1492 by the Bahamas and Karakooa B. here Capt. Cook was killed 1779, further showing the Northern Limit of Wood, Northern Limit of Grain, Northern Limit of the Vine, Northern Limit of Bananas, Southern Limit of Bananas, Southern Limit of the Vine, Southern Limit of Grain and Southern Limit of Wood, the continents delicately outlined in green, and finely detailed, some nation states shaded green or grey, Alaska showing detail such as Numerous huts on this Coast and Boundary settled 1825, Canada and North America with details of Native American territories, Tasmania labelled VAN DIEMENS'S LAND OR TASMANIA, New Zealand labelled in Maori TAVAI POENAMOO and EAHEI NOMAUWE, the Antarctic with little coastline shown and detail such as Capt.J. Weddell R.N. reached this point 1823, the North and South Poles printed with hour circles (some old abrasions, neat repairs, orange crayon lines around the southern hemisphere), with engraved brass meridian circle, the papered horizon ring graduated in degrees in both directions, days of the month and of the houses of the Zodiac, with information for the clock's variance with the sun, compass directions, months and symbols, pictures and names for the houses of the Zodiac, on four baluster turned fruitwood legs united by turned cross stretchers -- 18¼in. (46.4cm.) high
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