Gilman Joslin
6-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe
Boston: Late 19th Century
Ebonized stand
11.75 inches high
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Gilman Joslin 6-Inch Table Globe
Boston: Late 19th Century
Boston: Late 19th Century
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The terrestrial globe has a brass calibrated half meridian, and is on an ebonized stand with turned central standard and dish base. It is surmounted by a northern hour circle polar calotte numbered I to XII twice. Oceans are cream colored, geographical entities are shaded various colors, including pink, yellow, green, and blue (sometimes in varying shades), with some thick green outlining and thin red outlining. The cartography is simple, as is typical for a 6-inch globe.
Joslin produced 6-inch globes from about 1840 to the end of the 19th century, both terrestrial and celestial. They were available on a variety of bases, including a three-legged turned maple base with full horizon, and a mahogany turned stand with half meridian. This example, with half-meridian and ebonized stand was later in production.
For more information about Gilman Joslin, successor to Josiah Loring, see our Guide to Globe Makers. We also have more information about the engraver, William Annin here.
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.