Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe RMG D7093-2

Terrestrial and celestial pocket globeTerrestrial and celestial pocket globe. The geographical details on the terrestrial sphere, astronomical details on the inside of the case, construction and cartography are the same as those of Cushee GLB0044, but the case hooks are complete and the hinge is slightly different. Trade winds are marked by hatched regions in the oceans between the tropics. In North America, there is a label, 'Unknown Parts', and California is drawn as an island. Australia is represented according to the Dutch discoveries. Dampier's explorations are indicated by 'N. Britain'. In Asia, there are three labels. Nine oceans are named. The celestial projection is geocentric but the constellations are seen from the back. The stars are represented by different symbols but there is no magnitude table. The Milky Way is labelled. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and four of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. Four of the southern constellations are drawn and those of Plancius are indicated as well as those of Hevelius. A manuscript globe which was copied from Cushee's terrestrial globe is described under Anonymous GLB0115. The celestial gores of Cushee's pocket globes

Date

1731

Mapmaker / publisher

Richard Cushee

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

chart

Original size

4,800 × 3,706 pixels

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