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Globe x-ray Long Caption: Terrestrial table globe. It forms a pair with the celestial globe, Mercator GLB0097. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection Object: GLB0096 Artist: Gerard Mercator Date: 1541 Medium: papier mache; plaster; ink; varnish; metal; brass; wood; cloth; paper; lead; copper plate engraved; hand-coloured Size: 625 mm x 580 mm; sphere diameter: 420 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.