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Cartouche in North Pacific Ocean Long Caption: Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe. Geographical details on the terrestrial shere show the location of the 'Antipodes to London'. The monsoons in the Indian Sea are recorded, the 'Chinese Wall' is depicted and California is drawn as a peninsula. Australia and New Zealand are drawn according to the Dutch discoveries. The track of Anson is recorded and labelled. A total of five oceans are named. Credit line: Caird Collection (via Spink), National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: GLB0057 Artist: James Ferguson Date: 1756 Medium: papier mache; plaster; hand-coloured; paper; varnish; copper plate engraved; shark skin; brass; wood Size: Diameter: 80 mm; Sphere diameter: 74 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.