Thomas Malby & Son, London (globe maker)
9-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe
J. Wyld, Leicester Square, London: 1851 (seller)
Turned mahogany Stand
14.5 inches high
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9-Inch Victorian Table Globe
James Wyld Issue of Malby Globe
James Wyld Issue of Malby Globe
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The terrestrial globe canted in fixed brass uncalibrated half-meridian, raised on a turned mahogany stand with turned central baluster and dish base.
Oceans green. Geographic entities cream or greenish-blue shaded, some with greenish-blue or orange outlining.
Western United States generally not divided into states though showing regions (though not called regions) of Oregon, Utah, and N. Mexico. Rocky Mountains referred to as Oregon Mts. Alaska Called Russian America. Texas indicated distinct from Mexico.
This globe is a Malby & Son globe, issued by James Wyld, with his overlabel. Malby & Son was one of the most prominent British globemakers of the mid 19th century. The cartography on the globes was based on the work of the map publisher “The Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.” The Malby firm is perhaps best known for producing in 1849 a 92 centimeter (about 3 foot) diameter terrestrial globe for public exhibition, which was a reissue of John Addison’s 1825 terraqueous globe. James Wyld (1812-1887) followed in the footsteps of his father, James Wyld Senior, as a geographer and cartographer. His firm was in operation from about 1837 to 1893 at addresses at Charing Cross and West Strand, producing a general variety of table and floor globes. Wyld is best known for renting land in Leicester Square where he constructed a Great Globe, 20 meters in diameter. He also re-issued the Addison/Malby 3 foot diameter globe.
Trapezoidal Cartouche Overlabel: MALBY’S/ TERRESTIRAL GLOBE/ Compiled from the latest/ & MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES/ Including all the recent/ Geographical Discoveries/ J. WYLD/ LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON/ 1851/ [under label printed by Malby] London 1851