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Globe x-ray Long Caption: Terrestrial floor globe. Geographical details on the sphere show California drawn as a peninsula. Along the meridian is the label 'Ligne de Demarcation' and along that is the the label 'Ligne de Demarcation selon la Bulle d'Alexandre VI'. The North and South polar continents are labelled 'TERRES ARCTIQUES' and 'TERRES AUSTRALES ou ANTARCTIQUES', respectively. Australia and New Zealand are drawn according to the Dutch discoveries. The Dampier Strait is labelled 'Detroit de Dampier'. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection Object: GLB0113 Artist: Jean Antoine Nollet Date: 1728 Medium: papier mache; hand-coloured; varnish; paper; copper plate engraved; paint; ink; brass; wood; paint; plaster Size: 1040 mm x 458 mm; sphere diameter: 320 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.