The Age of Global Encounters

Globes

DX Lab: Meridian17th and 18th century maps from the State Library of NSW's collection brought to life as interactive 3D globes.

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European globes of the 17th and 18th centuriesGlobes have come a long way over the years. Use the 3D visuals below to explore how European-produced globes were made and used in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Joseph Moxon, Terrestrial Pocket Globe, 1679 - 3D model by British Library (@britishlibrary) [b28e2cb][A pocket terrestrial globe.] Londini sumptibus J. Moxon. 1 globe: hand coloured, 7 cm. in diameter. This is the ‘pocket globe’ of Joseph Moxon (1627–1691) which ﬁrst appeared in the 1670s. In a catalogue of items advertised for sale, Moxon describes the arrangement as ‘Concave hemispheres of the starry orb, which serves for a case to a terrestrial globe of 3˝ diameter made portable for the pocket.’ The terrestrial pocket globe shows the tracks of Sir Francis Drake and Thomas Cavendish, and California is depicted as an island. This model was created for a 2020 British Library project to digitise globes from its historic map collection. For more information see http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004975913 - Joseph Moxon, Terrestrial Pocket Globe, 1679 - 3D model by British Library (@britishlibrary) [b28e2cb]

Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Terrestrial Globe, 1606 - 3D model by British Library (@britishlibrary) [14a47c1]Nova et accurata Terrae Marisq. Sphaera, denuo recognita et correcta à Gulielmo Blaeu. Amsterdam: Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 1606 (1621). 1 globe : hand coloured; 13.5 cm. in diameter. This globe by Willem Jansz Blaeu (1571-1638) was originally published in 1606 but has been revised to include the discoveries at the tip of South America in 1616 by the Dutchmen Willem Schouten (active 1590–1618) and Jacob Le Maire (1585–1616). The globe forms a pair with the celestial globe at Maps G.6.a. This model was created for a 2020 British Library project in partnershp with Cyreal to digitise globes from its historic map collection For more information see http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004963068 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Terrestrial Globe, 1606 - 3D model by British Library (@britishlibrary) [14a47c1]

JG Doppelmayr - Terrestrial Globe - 1728 - 3D model by British Library (@britishlibrary) [4337d6b]Globus Terrestrius by Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr. Nuremberg, 1728. 1 globe, 31 cm. in diameter, mounted on a four-legged wooden stand with a meridian ring and hour ring. The terrestrial globe displays many of the recent discoveries of the early eighteenth century, but it also pays homage to several important explorers of the past. Many tracks are shown, including those of Magellan, Le Maire, Tasman and Dampier, as well as the very recent journey of the Dutchman Jacob Roggeveen (1659–1729), who discovered Easter Island in 1722 during an unsuccessful expedition to ﬁnd the mythical great southern continent. Forms a pair with Johann Doppelmayr’s celestial globe, 1728 (Maps G.36.a.). This model was created for a 2020 British Library project in partnershp with Cyreal to digitise globes from its historic map collection. For more information see http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01013006161 - JG Doppelmayr - Terrestrial Globe - 1728 - 3D model by British Library (@britishlibrary) [4337d6b]

Richard Cushee Terrestrial Globe 1730 - 3D model by British Library (@britishlibrary) [966ae07]A new globe of the earth laid down according to the latest observations. [London] : sold by R. Cushee at the globe and _ St. Dunstans church in Fleet Street London, 1730. 1 globe, 26 cm. in diameter. Mounted on a four-legged wooden stand with a brass meridian ring and wooden horizon ring. Forms a pair with Richard Cushee’s celestial globe, 1730 (Maps G.14.a.). This model was created for a 2020 British Library project in partnershp with Cyreal to digitise globes from its historic map collection. For more information see http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004996350 - Richard Cushee Terrestrial Globe 1730 - 3D model by British Library (@britishlibrary) [966ae07]

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