L6089-001

Terrestrial Globe Long Caption: This terrestrial table globe forms a pair with the celestial globe, Mercator GLB0097. Geographical details on the sphere include loxodromes for thirty-two compass points. The presumed magnetic pole is indicated and labelled, and the names of the major European cities are indicated by numbers, which are explained in a table. A number of stars are plotted on the globe and their names are given. Asia and America are separated by an ocean. In the Americas there is a label, which refers to both North and South America, North America is labelled separately. There is a hypothetical southern continent with an explanation. A note on distances is located to the left of a pair of dividers at the equator in a cartouche and there are comments in seven different regions. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Object: GLB0096 Artist: Gerard Mercator Date: 1541 Medium: papier mache; plaster; ink; varnish; brass; wood; cloth; paper; lead; engraved Size: Overall: 625 mm x 580 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.