- Bib ID:
- 5755455
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Cary, John, approximately 1754-1835
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Scale:
- Scale not given.
- Description:
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- London : Made & sold by J. & W. Cary, No 181 Strand, Mar. 1 1799
- 1 globe : colour, mounted on a mahogany tripod stand with a brass meridian ring ; 53.2 cm in diameter
- Notes:
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- Celestial globe showing constellations depicted by mythical figures and scientific instruments. The stars are classified in successive orders of magnitude.
- "Greek letters or figures prefixed to the stars signify from the British catalogue a stroke drawn under the figures thus 45° de la Caille - H. Hevelius - M. Mayer, C.H.C. Herschel and B. Bradley."
- Globe constructed over a wooden frame, covered with papier mache and coated with plaster to provide smooth finish to paper gore. Paper gore hand coloured.
- Mounted in a three-legged mahogany stand with magnetic compass. Four wooden arms support a wooden horizontal ring showing months of the year and signs of the zodiac.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-230036710
- In English and Latin.
- Subject:
- Celestial globes
- Time Coverage:
- 1799
- Other authors/contributors:
-
- Also Titled:
- New and improved celestial globe
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1835
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1799
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