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VALK, Gerard (1652-1726), Amsterdam, 1707
Cosmotheore, Clesti nostro Globo, Par, et plan Novs, Hic Terrestris t existeret; Certo scias: Errore Veterum Sublat, Non tantum Utriusque Orbis Longitudines ac Latitudines, Per reiteratas Neotericorum Observationes Hicc esse restitutas; Set et nullum typis Emendatiorem prodiisse, Ho igitur Novissim tam diu fruere, Donec, sub Majori forma, Me aere Alios excudam Gerardus Valk Calcographus; Amsteldami, A.1707. Cum Privilegio.
[Cosmotheore (Sky-watcher), you may be sure that this terrestrial globe is equal to our celestial one, and is completely new. After removing the errors of the ancients, not only have the longitudes and latitudes of both worlds been put right according to the repeated observaions of modern scholars, but in addition, no more corrected version has been published. Therefore, delight in this most new version, until I engrave others in a larger size. Gerard Valk, engraver, at Amsterdam, in the year 1707, with privilege - translation from van der Krogt, p.243]
A handsome 15-inch (38.1cm.) diameter terrestrial table globe made up of two sets of eighteen hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, the equator and prime meridian graduated in degrees, the latter running through the Canary Islands, the ecliptic graduated in days with symbols for the houses of the Zodiac, the oceans with the Tropics and Polar Circles, several wind roses and numerous rhum lines, the continents with delicate outlines in green, all text in Latin apart from some recent discoveries in Dutch and certain place names such as Lands-end and Burning Hill (in NOVA BRITTANAI) in English, national boundaries shown in dotted outline, with very many details of mountains and rivers, towns, cities and other areas, China with a pictorial representation of the Great Wall, Australia shown joined to New Guinea and lacking eastern coastline, showing detail such as G.F. de Wits Land ontdeckt 1628 and Detecta 1644 in the eastern area, Tasmania labelled Anthom van Diemens Land and lacking northern coastline, New Zealand shown only as a portioin of north-western coastline with some places named such as C. Maria van Diemen and bearing the legend Detecta 1642, North America with California shown as an island and bearing details of native inhabitation such as Apaches de Navaio and Apaches de Xila, with no northern or north-western coastline, projected coastline stretching for 75 to eastern Siberia and the Straat de Vries labelled TERRA INCOGNITA TERRA ESONIS the North Pole labelled POLUS TERR BOREUS and showing little of the surrounding consinents' northern coastlines, the South Pole labelled POLUS TERR MERIDIONALIS with no surrounding land masses shown (numerous old damages and cracks neatly repaired, some remaining small areas of paper or detail loss and abrasion, some areas of the surface uneven), with engraved brass meridian ring graduated in four times 90 (hour dial missing), the engraved paper horizon graduated in degrees in two sets of two times 180 in opposite directions, in days of the houses of the Zodiac with symbols and names in Latin, a graduated circle of sets of three dots divided in 365 unequal parts, representing the number of days in a normal year, the next circle with the first seven letters of the alphabet repeated to represent the days of the week, the next four circles with numbers 1-28/29/30/31 repeated to represent the days of the month, each moving up slightly to indicate the differing position of the sun over the course of four years, the outer circle representing a leap year, further showing wind directions in Dutch and the names of the months in Latin with numerals and letters corresponding to a circle of the first seven letters of the alphabet repeated, such as 1733 3.1/3 E. corresponding to 1st May, indicating the time of the new moon on the meridian of Amsterdam, the first number indicating the year, the second number indicating the hour in the corresponding day in which the new moon will appear, the letter being the dominical letter of the year (roughly one third missing, some abrasions and paper loss to remainder), the rim of the horizon painted red, raised on a Dutch-style mahogany stand (some traces of worming, traces of repairs to underside) -- 24in. (61cm.) high
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Cosmotheore, Clesti nostro Globo, Par, et plan Novs, Hic Terrestris t existeret; Certo scias: Errore Veterum Sublat, Non tantum Utriusque Orbis Longitudines ac Latitudines, Per reiteratas Neotericorum Observationes Hicc esse restitutas; Set et nullum typis Emendatiorem prodiisse, Ho igitur Novissim tam diu fruere, Donec, sub Majori forma, Me aere Alios excudam Gerardus Valk Calcographus; Amsteldami, A.1707. Cum Privilegio.
[Cosmotheore (Sky-watcher), you may be sure that this terrestrial globe is equal to our celestial one, and is completely new. After removing the errors of the ancients, not only have the longitudes and latitudes of both worlds been put right according to the repeated observaions of modern scholars, but in addition, no more corrected version has been published. Therefore, delight in this most new version, until I engrave others in a larger size. Gerard Valk, engraver, at Amsterdam, in the year 1707, with privilege - translation from van der Krogt, p.243]
A handsome 15-inch (38.1cm.) diameter terrestrial table globe made up of two sets of eighteen hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, the equator and prime meridian graduated in degrees, the latter running through the Canary Islands, the ecliptic graduated in days with symbols for the houses of the Zodiac, the oceans with the Tropics and Polar Circles, several wind roses and numerous rhum lines, the continents with delicate outlines in green, all text in Latin apart from some recent discoveries in Dutch and certain place names such as Lands-end and Burning Hill (in NOVA BRITTANAI) in English, national boundaries shown in dotted outline, with very many details of mountains and rivers, towns, cities and other areas, China with a pictorial representation of the Great Wall, Australia shown joined to New Guinea and lacking eastern coastline, showing detail such as G.F. de Wits Land ontdeckt 1628 and Detecta 1644 in the eastern area, Tasmania labelled Anthom van Diemens Land and lacking northern coastline, New Zealand shown only as a portioin of north-western coastline with some places named such as C. Maria van Diemen and bearing the legend Detecta 1642, North America with California shown as an island and bearing details of native inhabitation such as Apaches de Navaio and Apaches de Xila, with no northern or north-western coastline, projected coastline stretching for 75 to eastern Siberia and the Straat de Vries labelled TERRA INCOGNITA TERRA ESONIS the North Pole labelled POLUS TERR BOREUS and showing little of the surrounding consinents' northern coastlines, the South Pole labelled POLUS TERR MERIDIONALIS with no surrounding land masses shown (numerous old damages and cracks neatly repaired, some remaining small areas of paper or detail loss and abrasion, some areas of the surface uneven), with engraved brass meridian ring graduated in four times 90 (hour dial missing), the engraved paper horizon graduated in degrees in two sets of two times 180 in opposite directions, in days of the houses of the Zodiac with symbols and names in Latin, a graduated circle of sets of three dots divided in 365 unequal parts, representing the number of days in a normal year, the next circle with the first seven letters of the alphabet repeated to represent the days of the week, the next four circles with numbers 1-28/29/30/31 repeated to represent the days of the month, each moving up slightly to indicate the differing position of the sun over the course of four years, the outer circle representing a leap year, further showing wind directions in Dutch and the names of the months in Latin with numerals and letters corresponding to a circle of the first seven letters of the alphabet repeated, such as 1733 3.1/3 E. corresponding to 1st May, indicating the time of the new moon on the meridian of Amsterdam, the first number indicating the year, the second number indicating the hour in the corresponding day in which the new moon will appear, the letter being the dominical letter of the year (roughly one third missing, some abrasions and paper loss to remainder), the rim of the horizon painted red, raised on a Dutch-style mahogany stand (some traces of worming, traces of repairs to underside) -- 24in. (61cm.) high
See Front Cover, Colour Illustrations and Detail
Literature
van der KROGT, Peter, Old Globes in the Netherlands (Utrecht, 1984) pp. 220-254, VAL25, 44, 60.