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J & W CARY, London
Cary's New Terrestrial Globe, exhibiting the tracks and discoveries made by Captain Cook; also those of Captain Vancouver on the north west coast of America; and M. de la Perouse, on the coast of Tartary, together with every other improvement collected from various navigators to the present time. Made and sold by J & W Cary, Strand March the 1st 1815. With additions and corrections to 1827, Cary's New and Improved Celestial Globe on which is carefully laid down the whole of the stars and nebulae contained in the astronomical catalogue of the Reverend Mr. Wollaston. FRS compiled from the authorities of Flamsteed, de la Caille, Hevelius, Mayer, Bradley, Herschel, Maskelyne and c with an extensive number from the works of Miss Herschel, the whole adapted to the year 1800, and the limits of each constellation determined by a boundary line Sold by Zanetti and Agnew Manchester
A pair of 21-inch diameter library globes, each made up of eighteen paper gores delicately coloured and showing mountain ranges and labels with explanations of the latest discoveries, the tracks of the various navigators and adventurers clearly defined, Central Africa showing the boundary of the Mountains of the Moon according to Ptolemy, and the supposed course of the river that passes Timbuctoo, uncharted areas left blank (with some old repairs), one gore clearly showing a paper watermark dated 1824 and labelled Edmonds, the celestial similarly constructed with magnitude chart (some minor paper loss and cracking to the north celestial pole), the constellations illustrated traditionally with figures of legend, animals and scientific instruments, both globes with engraved lacquered-brass hour circles and meridian rings (the terrestrial horizon circle with some paper loss and old repairs, the celestial horizon circle with one area of repair), the globes mounted on English-style mahogany stands, the baluster-turned pillars with cabriole legs terminating in spade-feet with castors and united by stretchers supporting the compasses, with iron needles and brass caps, each compass card labelled J & W Cary Strand London, the glass supported by brass rings -- 47-inches (119.3cm.) high
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Cary's New Terrestrial Globe, exhibiting the tracks and discoveries made by Captain Cook; also those of Captain Vancouver on the north west coast of America; and M. de la Perouse, on the coast of Tartary, together with every other improvement collected from various navigators to the present time. Made and sold by J & W Cary, Strand March the 1st 1815. With additions and corrections to 1827, Cary's New and Improved Celestial Globe on which is carefully laid down the whole of the stars and nebulae contained in the astronomical catalogue of the Reverend Mr. Wollaston. FRS compiled from the authorities of Flamsteed, de la Caille, Hevelius, Mayer, Bradley, Herschel, Maskelyne and c with an extensive number from the works of Miss Herschel, the whole adapted to the year 1800, and the limits of each constellation determined by a boundary line Sold by Zanetti and Agnew Manchester
A pair of 21-inch diameter library globes, each made up of eighteen paper gores delicately coloured and showing mountain ranges and labels with explanations of the latest discoveries, the tracks of the various navigators and adventurers clearly defined, Central Africa showing the boundary of the Mountains of the Moon according to Ptolemy, and the supposed course of the river that passes Timbuctoo, uncharted areas left blank (with some old repairs), one gore clearly showing a paper watermark dated 1824 and labelled Edmonds, the celestial similarly constructed with magnitude chart (some minor paper loss and cracking to the north celestial pole), the constellations illustrated traditionally with figures of legend, animals and scientific instruments, both globes with engraved lacquered-brass hour circles and meridian rings (the terrestrial horizon circle with some paper loss and old repairs, the celestial horizon circle with one area of repair), the globes mounted on English-style mahogany stands, the baluster-turned pillars with cabriole legs terminating in spade-feet with castors and united by stretchers supporting the compasses, with iron needles and brass caps, each compass card labelled J & W Cary Strand London, the glass supported by brass rings -- 47-inches (119.3cm.) high
See Colour Illustration and detail (2)