File:Terrestrial table globe RMG D7845 4.jpg
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| Author |
Arnold Floris van Langren; Jacob Floris van Langren |
| Description |
English: Terrestrial table globe Terrestrial table globe. It forms a pair with the celestial globe, van Langren GLB0099. Geographical details on the sphere include loxodromes drawn for 32 compass points. Two locations for the magnetic pole are indicated and labelled; the North Polar area is drawn as four islands. There are notes on discoveries in America, the Indonesian Archipelago and in the hypothetical south polar continent. There are many decoration including ships, Neptune and monsters in the oceans, and in America there are animals and local inhabitants. A total of seven oceans are named. Only one other copy of the 325 mm terrestrial globe exists in Rome. The cartography is based on Gerard Mercator's world map of 1569 and Rumold Mercator's map of 1587. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication. |
| Date | 1589 |
| Dimensions | Overall: 500 x 460 mm |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/19785 |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
| Identifier | Acquisition Number: 1936-318C id number: GLB0098 reference number: G.98 |
| Collection | Globes |
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