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Globe x-ray Long Caption: Terrestrial table globe. Geographical details on the sphere show loxodromes for 32 compass points. California is represented as a peninsula. In North America there is a note on a discovery that reads 'AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALIS a Christophoro Columb. 1492 detecta'. The Strait of Ie Maire is mapped and labelled 'Fret. le Maire'. There is a hypothetical southern continent with the label 'TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA'. There is a comment in New Guinea. A total of ten oceans are named. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection Object: GLB0111 Artist: Isaac Habrecht II Date: circa 1621 Medium: wood; plaster; paper; varnish; brass; copper plate engraved; paper Size: 365 mm x 318 mm; sphere diameter: 200 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.