Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, II, 180 Acciaioli, Zenobio, notes that Barnaba Canti possessed a globe, I, 65 Acton, Admiral William, obtains two early globes from Count Piloni, I, 79-81 Africa, interior of, well represented on Coronelli globes, II, 103 Albertus Magnus, belief in a spherical earth, I, 43 Alessandria, Municipal Library (Biblioteca Municipale), II, 168 (Maria) Alfonso X (The Wise), orders the preparation of a great astronomical work, I, 40; reference to globe making and to material for use in globe construction, 40, 41 Alvares, Sebastian, refers to a Reynell globe, I, 82 America, early names given to, I, 74; location of name on Jagellonicus globe of 1510, 74, 75; the name on Schöner globe of 1515, 84, 85; appears four times on Green globe of 1515, 77; its relation to Asia, 88, 94-96; indicated as a separate continent on practically all maps of first quarter of sixteenth century, 95; an Asiatic connection indicated after 1525, 109, 110, 124; Mercator’s representation and his influence, 126; summary of the views relative to Asiatic connection, 172, 173 Amsterdam, Royal Geographical Society (Kon. Nederl. Aardrijkskundig Genootschap), I, 208 (Van Langren). Frederick Muller, II, 27 (Blaeu); 259 (Deur); 271 (Valk). Private collection, II, 271 (Valk) Anaximander, called the first scientific cartographer, I, 3 Ancona, Communal School (Scuole Comunale), II, 59 (Greuter); 192 (Cassini). Private Library, 61 (Greuter) Anson, George, navigator, II, 169 Antilia, laid down on Behaim globe, I, 50 Antipodes, belief in existence of, I, 8, 13, n. 26 Antoecians, referred to by Crates, I, 8 Antwerp, Plantin-Moritus Museum, I, 211 (Van Langren). Stein Museum, II, 50 (Plancius) Aquila, Provincial Library (Biblioteca provinciale), II, 44 (Blaeu) Aquinas, Thomas, belief in a spherical earth, I, 43 Arabic astronomers, as globe makers, I, 28 Arabs, probably did not construct terrestrial globes, I, 26; constructed celestial globes, 27; their interest in astronomy, 27; their names and figures of the constellations, 27 Aratus, astronomical poem of, I, 15, 23, n. 32; ideas followed by Leontius, 22 Archimedes, I, 15; his globe or instrument for representing the movement of heavenly bodies, 15, 16, 17 Argonauti, Accademia Cosmografo degli, first modern geographical society, founded by Coronelli, 1680, II, 98 Aristotle, his scientific basis for belief in a spherical earth, I, 6, 12, n. 21 Armillary, earliest form, I, 18; its development and system of circles, 19 Arpino, Liceum, II, 192 (Cassini) Asimino or tausia, a style employed in metal globe making, I, 153 Asti, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 53 (Habrecht) Astrolabe, earliest form, I, 18, II, 197; its construction and use according to Ptolemy, I, 19