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James Ferguson (1710-1776) 3-Inch Diameter Terrestrial Pocket Globe in Celestial Case London: c. 1755-56 Price on request |
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Of typical form, the terrestrial globe with engraved and hand colored gores, set within a spherical conforming case, one concave hemisphere with applied engraved paper celestial chart of the Northern Sky, the other with the Southern Sky, the case covered on the outside with black fishskin and closing with a clasp.
Globe and celestial chart colored in tones of pink, green, red, blue, yellow, gray. Oceans colored green. The tracks of the explorer Admiral Anson are recorded and labeled. California is shown as a peninsula. The Chinese Wall is indicated. Monsoons are recorded in the Indian Sea. James Ferguson of London was a traveling lecturer and maker of instruments, including globes. For more information see our Guide to Globe Makers. Decorative Cartouche: A New/ GLOBE of the/ Earth/ by James Ferguson/ J. Mynde sc. |