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Globe x-ray Long Caption: Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe. Geographical details on the terrestrial sphere include trade winds and monsoons indicated by arrows. California is drawn as a peninsula. Australia and New Zealand are drawn according to the discoveries of Cook, whose death is recorded: 'Owhyhee / Where Cap.t Cook was / Killed'. Cook's third voyage, with the incorrect dates of 1772 and 1774 in the South Pacific Ocean is labelled, 'Cap.t Cook left Plymouth / July 13 1776'. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection Object: GLB0009 Artist: John Miller Date: 1793 Medium: papier mache; varnish; wood; shark skin; copper plate engraved; plaster; brass; paper; hand-coloured; paint Size: diameter: 90 mm; sphere diameter: 76 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.