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An early 19th-Century English 12-inch diameter terrestrial library globe,
by John & William Cary, dated 1812 -- 91.5cm. (36in.) high
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CARY's NEW TERRESTRIAL GLOBE DELINEATED From the best Authorities extant; Exhibiting the different Tracks of CAPTAIN COOK and the New Discoveries made by him and other Circumnavigators. LONDON. Made & Sold by J. & W. CARY, Strand, Jan.y1.st1812. The globe is made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores. The equatorial is graduated in degrees of amplitude and azimuth, and in hours and minutes; the equinoctial colure is graduated in degrees; the Greenwich meridian is ungraduated; and the ecliptic is graduated in twelve times 1-30°, with sigils for the houses of the Zodiac. The oceans show an analemma and trade winds, as well as the tracks of Cook, Clerke, la Perouse, Vancouver, Gore and Pickersgill, with various notes such as Cook's return to the Sandwich I.1778 and Clerke going North in the Resolution. 1779. The Antarctic is shown with no land masses, but with various notes concerning explorers' observations in the area. The continents show some nation states palely shaded and outlined in yellow, green and pink. Details include towns, cities, rivers and mountains. China shows the Great Wall; America shows the territories of various Indian nations including those of the Blackfoot Indians and the Copper Ind.s; the north coast of Canada shows two notes The Sea seen by Mackenzie 1789 and The Sea seen by Mr Hearne 1771; Australia shows little detail on the interior, but with various dates of landings around the coast; Tasmania is shown as an island and labelled Van Diemens Land; Papua New Guinea is shown with only partial coastline and a note I.s seen by Torres in 1606; the interior of Africa is largely blank and labelled Unknown Parts, with CAFFRERIA shown in the south (scratches and abrasions throughout, with old repaired cracks in the Pacific). The oxidised-brass meridian circle is stamped with graduations 0-90° in four quadrants. The mahogany library stand has an applied, hand-coloured engraved paper horizon ring, which is graduated in four quadrants and shows compass directions, days of the month and days of the houses of the Zodiac. The horizon is raised on four curved quadrant supports to a central baluster turned vase-shaped column with three inswept legs terminating in inverted acorn feet (one foot cracked but still attached)
by John & William Cary, dated 1812 -- 91.5cm. (36in.) high
See Colour Illustration and Detail
CARY's NEW TERRESTRIAL GLOBE DELINEATED From the best Authorities extant; Exhibiting the different Tracks of CAPTAIN COOK and the New Discoveries made by him and other Circumnavigators. LONDON. Made & Sold by J. & W. CARY, Strand, Jan.y1.st1812. The globe is made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores. The equatorial is graduated in degrees of amplitude and azimuth, and in hours and minutes; the equinoctial colure is graduated in degrees; the Greenwich meridian is ungraduated; and the ecliptic is graduated in twelve times 1-30°, with sigils for the houses of the Zodiac. The oceans show an analemma and trade winds, as well as the tracks of Cook, Clerke, la Perouse, Vancouver, Gore and Pickersgill, with various notes such as Cook's return to the Sandwich I.1778 and Clerke going North in the Resolution. 1779. The Antarctic is shown with no land masses, but with various notes concerning explorers' observations in the area. The continents show some nation states palely shaded and outlined in yellow, green and pink. Details include towns, cities, rivers and mountains. China shows the Great Wall; America shows the territories of various Indian nations including those of the Blackfoot Indians and the Copper Ind.s; the north coast of Canada shows two notes The Sea seen by Mackenzie 1789 and The Sea seen by Mr Hearne 1771; Australia shows little detail on the interior, but with various dates of landings around the coast; Tasmania is shown as an island and labelled Van Diemens Land; Papua New Guinea is shown with only partial coastline and a note I.s seen by Torres in 1606; the interior of Africa is largely blank and labelled Unknown Parts, with CAFFRERIA shown in the south (scratches and abrasions throughout, with old repaired cracks in the Pacific). The oxidised-brass meridian circle is stamped with graduations 0-90° in four quadrants. The mahogany library stand has an applied, hand-coloured engraved paper horizon ring, which is graduated in four quadrants and shows compass directions, days of the month and days of the houses of the Zodiac. The horizon is raised on four curved quadrant supports to a central baluster turned vase-shaped column with three inswept legs terminating in inverted acorn feet (one foot cracked but still attached)
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