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Globe x-ray Long Caption: Terrestrial table globe. Geographical details on the sphere are the same as Blaeu GLB0152. There are loxodromes for 32 compass points. The Stait of le Marie is drawn and the hypothetical southern continent is labelled 'TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA MAGALANICA'. The track of Oliver van Noort is drawn and labelled. There are various decorative feature, such as animals in North and South America and Africa, an Indian in South America and many ships in the oceans. There are notes on discoveries in North America, in the hypothetical southern continent (below the Cape of Good Hope) and below Cape Horn. All notes on discoveries are contained with separate cartouches. A total of nine oceans are named Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection Object: GLB0083 Artist: Willem Jansz Blaeu Date: gores produced: 1602; plates altered: after 1621 Medium: papier mache; paper; varnish; brass; wood; hand-coloured; copper plate engraved; plaster Size: 400 mm x 344 mm x 341 mm; sphere diameter: 230 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.