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Terrestrial globe
    • Setting:
      Room III
    • Author:
      Félix Delamarche & Charles Dien
    • Place:
      Paris
    • Date:
      1821
    • Materials:
      paper, wood
    • Dimensions:
      sphere diameter 325 mm, height 590 mm, width 460 mm
    • Inventory:
      3369
    • Terrestrial globe (Inv. 3369)
    • Terrestrial globe (Inv. 3369)

This terrestrial globe was published by Felix Delamarche in collaboration with Charles Dien. The sphere is covered with 12 printed gores. The inscription records the voyages of James Cook and Jean-François de La Pérouse. Paired with the celestial globe Loan INAF-Arcetri.