[COOK] Newton’s new & improved terrestrial pocket globe 1817

A$17,500 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

London : John Newton, 1st January 1817. Terrestrial pocket globe, 3 inches in diameter, engraved gores with original hand colour over papier-mâché and plaster sphere, the surface in fine order with a recent wax applied for protection, two metal pins resting the globe in the original publisher s shagreen case, titled Newton s improved pocket celestial globe , with engraved diagrams of the constellations, the lips coloured red, original metal hinge and two hook and eye clasps. A fine example of a rare pocket globe, sitting perfectly within its case. A rare and attractive miniature pocket globe showing Cook s third voyage. John Newton (1759-1844) was the founder of a firm of globe makers in London, established in the 1780s and continuing on, with the involvement of Newton s sons, throughout the nineteenth century. This small terrestrial globe in its original case shows the track of Cook s third voyage of 1776-80, with its return to England under the commands of Clerke and Gore. New Holland is shown separated from Van Diemen s Land, Port Jackson and Botany Bay are marked, and interestingly French Discoveries are captioned along the South Australian coastline, a reference to the Baudin expedition. An analemma is drawn over the Pacific Ocean and the Antipodes of London are marked south of New Zealand. References: Dekker, Elly, et al. Globes at Greenwich: A Catalogue of the Globes and Armillary Spheres in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. London: Oxford University Press and t

• Binding: Hardcover

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