James Ferguson (1710 -1776)
J. Mynde (fl. 1740 -1770) (engraver)
3-Inch Terrestrial Pocket Globe
London: 1756
Brass stand
4 inches high, 3.5 inches diameter, overall
Price on request
3-Inch Terrestrial Pocket Globe on Brass Stand
James Ferguson, London: 1756
James Ferguson, London: 1756
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A terrestrial pocket globe with engraved hand-colored gores, raised in a later uncalibrated brass meridian ring with shaped finial, and turning within a later brass stand. The uncalibrated horizon band is supported by four rectangular legs, on a round ring-form base.
The globe is colored in tones of pink, green, red, blue, yellow and gray. Oceans are colored green. The route of the explorer Admiral Anson is recorded and labeled. California is shown as a peninsula. The Great Wall of China ("Chinese Wall") is indicated. Monsoons are recorded in the Indian Sea. This globe was probably originally issued with a fishskin case with inner hemispheric celestial charts. It is now offered on a later hand-made brass stand (c. 1900?), without the case.
Ferguson’s three-inch terrestrial pocket globe was published in ten successive versions between 1765 and 1840 as the copper printing plates were transferred and modified -- first by Ferguson, then Dudley Adams, and finally Nicholas Lane. The earliest known version is by Ferguson; it lacks the credit to the engraver, J. Mynde and is described and pictured in the book Globes at Greenwich, a catalogue of globes in the collection of the British National Maritime Museum. The cartouche of the globe offered here, which includes Mynde, appears on the second and third versions made by Ferguson, and is also pictured in the book (see References below). This globe is the second edition, published in 1756; the third edition (1775) added the route of Captain Cook's voyage.
Read more about James Ferguson in our Guide to Globe Makers.
Rococo Cartouche: A New/ GLOBE of the/ Earth/ by James Ferguson/ J. Mynde sc.
Condition: Globe very good, with the usual overall light toning, wear, handling. Minor defects and abrasions to varnish. Later stand very good.
Reference:
Dekker, Elly, et al. Globes at Greenwich: A Catalogue of the Globes and Armillary Spheres in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. London: Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum, 1999. pp. 128-132, 332-334. Cartouche pictured in fig. 9.100.