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Cartouche below Piscis Notius Long Caption: Celestial table globe. It forms a pair with the terrestrial globe, van Langren GLB0098. Astronomical details on the sphere include a labelled magnitude table in front of Ursa Major. The Milky Way is labelled. The Magellanic Clouds are drawn but not labelled. Credit line: Caird (formerly Mensing) Collection (via Maggs), National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: GLB0099 Artist: Jacob Floris van Langren; Arnold Floris van Langren Date: 1589 Medium: papier mache; plaster; paper; varnish; brass; wood; copper plate engraved; hand-coloured; ink Size: Overall: 494 x 445 mm; Sphere diameter: 325 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.