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Inscription in South Pacific Ocean Long Caption: Terrestrial miniature globe. It forms a pair with the celestial globe Gerard and Leonard Valk, GLB0247. Geographical details on the sphere include loxodromes drawn for 32 compass points. The discoveries of William Dampier, north of New Guinea, are depicted 'Britannia Nova'. Australia is drawn according to the Dutch discoveries and California is drawn as an island. The coastline extending west of Northwest America is labelled 'TERRA ESONIS'. A total of eight oceans are named. Credit line: Caird (formerly Landau) Collection (via Maggs), © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: GLB0246 Artist: Gerard Valk; Leonard Valk Date: circa 1725 Medium: papier mache; plaster; copper plate engraved; varnish; brass; wood; paper; hand-coloured Size: 152 mm x 130 mm; sphere diameter: 80 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.