Gilman Joslin
6-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe
Boston: Last Quarter 19th Century
Turned ebonized stand, half meridian
11.75 inches high
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6-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe
Gilman Joslin: 19th C.
Gilman Joslin: 19th C.
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The terrestrial globe in brass calibrated half meridian, raised on an ebonized stand with turned central standard and dish base. Surmounted by northern hour circle polar calotte numbered I to XII twice. Oceans cream colored, geographical entities shaded various colors, including pink, yellow, green, and blue (sometimes in varying shades), with some thick green outlining and thin red outlining.
Joslin produced 6-inch globes from about 1840 to the end of the 19th century, both terrestrial and celestial. They were produced on a variety of bases, including a three-legged base with full horizon, and a mahogany turned stand with half meridian. This example, with half-meridian and ebonized stand was later in production. It was likely intended as an inexpensive student’s globe. Today, such 6-inch globes are very collectable, the size appealing for use on a desk or library shelf. As a relatively small globe, the cartography is correspondingly simple.
This globe was made by Gilman Joslin, successor to Josiah Loring’s Boston globemaking business. For more information see our Guide to Globe Makers. The engraver, William B. Annin, took out a patent in 1826 to make “artificial globes.” There is also information about Annin in our Guide to Globe Makers.
Cartouche: JOSLIN’S/ Six Inch/ Terrestrial Globe, Containing the latest Discoveries,/ BOSTON/ Gilman Joslin./ Drawn and Engraved by W.B. Annin
References:
Dekker, Elly and van der Krogt, Peter. Globes from the Western World. London: Zwemmer, 1993. pp. 126, 140, 176.
How to Use a Globe, Joslin’s Terrestrial and Celestial Globes/ Joslin’s Hand-book to the Terrestrial and Celestial Globes. Gilman Joslin & Son, Manufacturers and Dealers, 5 Mt. Vernon Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts: [n.d., but c. 1890], pp. 3-4.
Warner, Deborah Jean. “The Geography of Heaven and Earth,” Rittenhouse Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise, Vol. 2, No. 3. 1987. pp. 100-103.
Yonge, Ena L. A Catalogue of Early Globes, Library Series No. 6. American Geographical Society: 1968. pp. 37-38.