Gilman Joslin
Ten-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe
Boston: c. 1880s
17 inches high, 9 inches diameter base
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Joslin 10-Inch Table Globe
Boston: c. 1880s
Boston: c. 1880s
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The terrestrial globe with North Polar hour calotte printed with hour ring, and having a brass calibrated half meridian, raised on a turned wooden ebonized stand central baluster standard and dish base.
The oceans are cream colored and geographical entities bright green, blue, pink, yellow, some with red outline. . North Dakota and South Dakota are divided. Physical geography relating to temperate zones indicated by lines showing Northern and Southern "Limit of Wood," "Limit of Grain," "Limit of the Vine," and "Limit of Bananas." Figure 8 analemma. Antarctica not shown, but point near South Pole indicated as "Capt. Weddell R.N. reached this point 1823."
Read more about Gilman Joslin in our Guide to Globe Makers.
Trapezoidal Cartouche: JOSLIN'S/ TEN INCH/ TERRESTRIAL/ GLOBE./ Manufactured by/ GILMAN JOSLIN, BOSTON
Condition: Generally very good with the usual light over toning, wear to surface, soiling, etc. No significant cracks, damages, or repairs. Overall bright, readable, colorful, attractive.
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.