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Globe x-ray Long Caption: Celestial table globe. Astronomical details on the sphere show a labelled magnitude table above the title cartouche. The Milky Way and the Megallanic Clouds are labelled, and a total of 34 stars and ten star groups are named. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations are drawn, and up to five of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn but not labelled. The 12 southern constellations of Plancius are drawn and all apart from one these are labelled. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: GLB0157 Artist: Jodocus Hondius Date: 1600 Medium: papier mache; plaster; hand-coloured; varnish; copper plate engraved Size: diameter: 356 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.