Lot 154

GEORGE III TABLE-TOP 12-INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE, BY W & S JONES, LONDON
DATED 1800





Auction: 14 November 2018 at 10:00 GMT
£2,750
Description
twelve printed gores, labelled 'THE NEW TWELVE INCH/ BRITISH Terrestrial Globe/ REPRESENTING THE/ ACCURATE POSITIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL/ KNOWN PLACES OF THE EARTH,/ FROM THE DISCOVERIES OF/ CAPTAIN COOK/ AND SUBSEQUENT CIRCUMNAVIGATORS/ TO THE PRESENT PERIOD', with a brass meridian ring, wood wedge, and horizon ring with calendar and zodiac markers, raised on a turned ebonised stand united by an x-form stretcher
Dimensions
4.8.5cm high overall




