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A handsome full-sized terrestrial floor globe by J. & W. Cary, generally regarded as the greatest British globe makers of the late Georgian period. Raised on a traditional style English late Georgian mahogany stand.

The terrestrial globe surmounted by brass hour disc at North Pole, in full graduated brass meridian, the horizon edged in red paint with hand-colored engraved paper ring showing degrees of amplitude and azimuth, compass directions, days and months of the year, names of the signs of the zodiac, and an equation of time; supported by four mahogany quadrants with joined to the horizon by pairs of ogee brackets; raised on a mahogany tripod stand with central turned baluster standard, the splayed inswept George III legs joined by compass stretcher with glazed round wooden compass case enclosing a paper compass card and magnetized metal needle; ending in spade feet on brass casters.

Oceans olive, geographical entities in tones of cream, olive, and faded pink, with thick olive and thin pink outlining. Detailed cartography. Region west of Mississippi shown, from north to south, as "Missouri Ter.," "Great Desert," and Mexico. Southwest shown as "Unexplored Countries," and north of that as "Shoshones or Snake Ind." California shown as "New Albion," a name given to a cove on the Pacific coast by Sir Francis Drake, the first Englishman to sail around the world (1577-1580). Information from important exploratory voyages of the late 18th century was incorporated into the cartography of this globe. Noted on the cartouche are Captain James Cook's round-the-world voyages (1768-1780). Also noted are the discoveries of Cook's protégé Captain George Vancouver, sent by the British to map the northwest Pacific coast of North America, who named over 200 places and proved that the mythical "Northwest Passage" did not exist. The globe draws upon the mapping of the mainland Asian coast, then known as Tartary, by another admirer of Cook, the Frenchman Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de la Perouse. He explored the Pacific on a voyage beginning in 1785. In 1788, he sent his journals and letters to Europe on a British ship, and shortly thereafter disappeared in a shipwreck.

The celebrated Cary family of cartographers and globe makers produced some of the greatest late Georgian globes. The firm was started in the late 18th Century by John Cary, who often worked in partnership with his brother William Cary, a scientific instrument maker. The Cary brothers moved their business to 86 St. James's Street in about 1820, leaving the premises at 181 Strand to John Cary's sons George (c. 1788-1859) and John Jr. (1791 - 1852). They produced a variety of globes under the name G. & J. Cary from 1821 to about 1850. In 1850, George Frederick Cruchley, a map seller, took over a portion of the Cary business and produced maps and globes from 1850 to about 1876.

Circular cartouche: CARY'S/ NEW/ TERRESTRIAL GLOBE,/ EXHIBITING/ The Tracks and Discoveries made by/ CAPTAIN COOK; Also those of CAPTAIN VANCOUVER on the/ NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA/ And M DE LA PEROUSE, on the COAST OF TARTARY/ TOGETHER/ With every other Improvement collected from/ Various Navigators and Travellers/ to the present time./ LONDON/ Made & Sold by J & W. Cary. Strand March 1st 1816./ [under cartouche] WITH CORRECTIONS AND Additions to 1824.

References:

Dekker, Elly and Peter van der Krogt. Globes from the Western World London: Zwemmer, 1993.

Fordham, Sir Herbert George. John Cary, Engraver, Map, Chart and Print-Seller and Globe-Maker. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1925.

Hird, Ed. "Captain (North) Vancouver." Deep Cover Crier. Vancouver, B.C., Canada: December 1998. (14 October 2002).

Lamb, Tom and Jeremy P. Collins (ed.) The World In Your Hands. London: Christie's, 1994.

"La Perouse." 1999. Pacific Island Travel. http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/books_and_maps/laperouse.asp (14 October 2002).

"The Mystery Begins to Unravel." Little Whale Cove. http://www.whalecove.com/drake_mystery.html (14 October 2002).