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DUDLEY ADAMS (1762-1830)
A New Globe of the Earth, [London: ca. 1808]. A fine 3in. (7.6cm.) diameter terrestrial pocket globe made up of 12 hand-coloured engraved gores by J. Mynde, the equator or equinoctial in yellow, the ecliptic and the meridian in red, the ecliptic graduated in days with signs of the zodiac, the equatorial and meridian graduated in degrees in two directions, showing the antipodes to London and recording monsoons in the Indian ocean, Australia named New Holland and New South Wales, Port Jackson and Botany Bay labelled, also Dimen's Land, de Wit's Land and Lewin's Land, Tasmania not depicted as an island, New Zealand shown but no Antarctic land, the 'Chinese Wall' is depicted, California is a peninsula and Canada has no northern coast. Track of Anson's voyage is recorded and labelled 'Anson's going out' and 'Anson's return', also track of the Endeavour, 'Cook's going out 1776' and 'Cn. King's return 1780'. (Lacks iron axis pins, slight chipping and abrasion at the two poles, slight discolouration and minor abrasion elsewhere, creasing in one gore.) In original red-edged spherical fishskin covered case with single hinge and two brass clasps, the interior laid with 12 celestial gores separating around the equinoctial, including four of the southern constellations as well as those of Plancius and Hevelius (one clasp slightly defective, splits to outer body of case, one internal 25mm. split and slight rubbing to North pole).
DETAILED AND DELICATELY-COLOURED POCKET GLOBE BY GEORGE III'S GLOBEMAKER. The youngest child of George Adams senior (1709-1772) by his second marriage, Dudley Adams was apprenticed to his brother George to train as a mathematical instrument maker. On his marriage ten years later, his mother gave him the globe plates and tools that had belonged to his father, and in 1788 he opened his own shop at 53 Charing Cross. In 1794, possibly as a result of supplying 28 inch globes for Lord Macartney's mission to China, he was appointed globemaker to George III, a prestigious post previously held by his father. However, he lived well beyond his means, and his bankruptcy in 1817 ended the Adams instrument business, founded in 1734.
A New Globe of the Earth, [London: ca. 1808]. A fine 3in. (7.6cm.) diameter terrestrial pocket globe made up of 12 hand-coloured engraved gores by J. Mynde, the equator or equinoctial in yellow, the ecliptic and the meridian in red, the ecliptic graduated in days with signs of the zodiac, the equatorial and meridian graduated in degrees in two directions, showing the antipodes to London and recording monsoons in the Indian ocean, Australia named New Holland and New South Wales, Port Jackson and Botany Bay labelled, also Dimen's Land, de Wit's Land and Lewin's Land, Tasmania not depicted as an island, New Zealand shown but no Antarctic land, the 'Chinese Wall' is depicted, California is a peninsula and Canada has no northern coast. Track of Anson's voyage is recorded and labelled 'Anson's going out' and 'Anson's return', also track of the Endeavour, 'Cook's going out 1776' and 'Cn. King's return 1780'. (Lacks iron axis pins, slight chipping and abrasion at the two poles, slight discolouration and minor abrasion elsewhere, creasing in one gore.) In original red-edged spherical fishskin covered case with single hinge and two brass clasps, the interior laid with 12 celestial gores separating around the equinoctial, including four of the southern constellations as well as those of Plancius and Hevelius (one clasp slightly defective, splits to outer body of case, one internal 25mm. split and slight rubbing to North pole).
DETAILED AND DELICATELY-COLOURED POCKET GLOBE BY GEORGE III'S GLOBEMAKER. The youngest child of George Adams senior (1709-1772) by his second marriage, Dudley Adams was apprenticed to his brother George to train as a mathematical instrument maker. On his marriage ten years later, his mother gave him the globe plates and tools that had belonged to his father, and in 1788 he opened his own shop at 53 Charing Cross. In 1794, possibly as a result of supplying 28 inch globes for Lord Macartney's mission to China, he was appointed globemaker to George III, a prestigious post previously held by his father. However, he lived well beyond his means, and his bankruptcy in 1817 ended the Adams instrument business, founded in 1734.
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