细节
SENEX, John
A new & correct GLOBE of the earth by J. Senex F.R.S.
A rare 18th-Century 2¾-inch (7cm.) diameter pocket terrestrial globe, made up of twelve hand coloured engraved paper gores, the continents coloured in outline or fully coloured, the oceans recording Anson's voyage, the ocean currents shown by feathered arrows, New Holland shown joined to New Guinea, New Zealand the Meridian of London shown, the equator coloured red and ecliptic coloured green (old surface abrasions, one dent near cartouche), in the original fishskin-covered case, the interior with engraved and coloured celestial chart, the stars shown by magnitude (some old staining and cracking to the case, fishskin loose in places)
See Colour Illustration and Detail
A new & correct GLOBE of the earth by J. Senex F.R.S.
A rare 18th-Century 2¾-inch (7cm.) diameter pocket terrestrial globe, made up of twelve hand coloured engraved paper gores, the continents coloured in outline or fully coloured, the oceans recording Anson's voyage, the ocean currents shown by feathered arrows, New Holland shown joined to New Guinea, New Zealand the Meridian of London shown, the equator coloured red and ecliptic coloured green (old surface abrasions, one dent near cartouche), in the original fishskin-covered case, the interior with engraved and coloured celestial chart, the stars shown by magnitude (some old staining and cracking to the case, fishskin loose in places)
See Colour Illustration and Detail
出版
Cf. Van der Krogt. Sen 1