Globe terrestre

A$25,000 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Paris : Jean Louis Jacques Baradelle, le Jeune, circa 1780. Terrestrial globe, 240 mm in diameter; engraved gores with original hand-colouring over papier-mâché base, old stains and discolouration, repaired tears to areas of the Pacific; graduated equator, tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, ecliptic and Premiere Meridian fixe de l isle de fer (the prime meridian on the island of El Hierro which Louis XIII decreed in 1634); numerous dated tracks of historical and contemporary explorers including Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1766 1769); the first voyage of Captain James Cook (1768 1771); the second voyage of Captain James Cook (1772 1775); Tobias Furneaux, commander of the Adventure on that voyage (which separated from Cook at certain points); the sub-Antarctic islands discovered by Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1772); the third voyage of Captains James Cook, Gore and Clarke [Clerke] (1775 1779); other historical details such as the route from Acapulco, New Spain (California) to the Philippines, the death of Cook on Owyhee (Hawaii), the Hawaii Islands mistakenly described as being seen by Mendana in 1568 the discoveries of the Dutch and English on the west and east coastlines of Terres Australis etc.; papier-mâché meridian ring with printed declination and elevation (some restoration), edges painted red, pins to north and south poles (perhaps missing a finial), imprint to meridian A Paris chez Jacq. Baradelle, quai de l’Horloge du Palais à l’Enseigne de l’Observatoire , en

• Binding: Hardcover

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