London, c.1830. 12 hand-colored engraved gores, signed in Northern portion of Pacific Ocean, mounted in graduated brass meridian ring. Inside of upper half of case with 12 engraved hand-colored celestial gores depicting the northern hemisphere sky. Globe with Meridian of London and graduated equatorial and ecliptic, with labels for the Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle, and the tropics, and with tracks of Cook's voyages, including "Owyhee / Capt. Cook killed 1779." Housed in original black sharkskin-covered wood case with two bronze hook-and-eye clasps. "The Newton family were one of the most important globe making firms in England in the early 19th century. The founder, John Newton (1759-1844), was apprenticed to Thomas Bateman (fl. 1754-1781), who in turn, had been a pupil of Nathaniel Hill ... The firm changed to Newton, Son & Berry when they were joined by Miles Berry, a civil engineer and patent agent..." (Globes and the Mechanical Universe, p 56). For a closely similar example, see Dekker, Globes at Greenwich, GLB0054.
London, c.1830. 12 hand-colored engraved gores, signed in Northern portion of Pacific Ocean, mounted in graduated brass meridian ring. Inside of upper half of case with 12 engraved hand-colored celestial gores depicting the northern hemisphere sky. Globe with Meridian of London and graduated equatorial and ecliptic, with labels for the Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle, and the tropics, and with tracks of Cook's voyages, including "Owyhee / Capt. Cook killed 1779." Housed in original black sharkskin-covered wood case with two bronze hook-and-eye clasps. "The Newton family were one of the most important globe making firms in England in the early 19th century. The founder, John Newton (1759-1844), was apprenticed to Thomas Bateman (fl. 1754-1781), who in turn, had been a pupil of Nathaniel Hill ... The firm changed to Newton, Son & Berry when they were joined by Miles Berry, a civil engineer and patent agent..." (Globes and the Mechanical Universe, p 56). For a closely similar example, see Dekker, Globes at Greenwich, GLB0054.
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