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Terrestrial table globe RMG D7243 1
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Terrestrial table globe RMG D7243 1

Terrestrial table globe Terrestrial table globe. It forms a pair with the celestial globe, Blaeu GLB0151. Geographical details on the sphere include loxodromes for 32 compass points. The Strait of le Maire is drawn and the hypothetical southern continent is labelled 'TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA MAGALANICA'. The track of Oliver van Noort is drawn and labelled. There are various decorative feature, such as animals in North and South America and Africa, an Indian in South America and many ships in the oceans. There are notes on discoveries in North America, in the hypothetical southern continent (below the Cape of Good Hope) and below Cape Horn. All notes on discoveries are contained with separate cartouches. A total of nine oceans are named. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication. Cartouches in southern continent

Date
1602
Mapmaker / publisher
Willem Jansz Blaeu
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
chart
Original size
1,280 × 870 pixels

Public domainsafest

Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Terrestrial table globe RMG D7243 1" (1602). Willem Jansz Blaeu, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terrestrial_table_globe_RMG_D7243_1.jpg

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