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Terrestrial globe
    • Setting:
      Room III
    • Author:
      John Cary, William Cary
    • Date:
      1816 / after 1818
    • Materials:
      paper, wood
    • Dimensions:
      sphere diameter 460 mm, height 1140 mm, width 630 mm
    • Inventory:
      3841
    • Terrestrial globe (Inv. 3841)
    • Terrestrial globe (Inv. 3841)

Nineteenth-century terrestrial globe covered by 18 gores. Mounted on an English-type wooden tripod support. Carries inscriptions in English, with basic facts about many voyages such the second and third scientific expeditions of James Cook. Paired with the celestial globe inv. 3842.

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