Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2: Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and AstronomyStevenson, Edward Luther
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Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2: Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy
Stevenson, Edward Luther
Geography -- History; Globes
In an artistic cartouch to the south of the East Indian Islands and
within “Terra Australis” is the following signed dedication:
“Perillustri et Generossissimo Dnᵒ Dnᵒ Eberardo Dynaste in
Rappolstein. Hohenaccio et Geroltzeccio ad Vogasinum Divi Mathiae II
Imp. nec non Sereniss. Maximiliani Archiducis Austriae. P. M. Camerario
et Citeriorum Ordinum Provincialium Praesidi Magnifico: ex antiqua Ducā
Spoleti familia oriundo: Domino meo Clementissiᵒ Triplicem hunc globum:
Coelestem scilicet: convexum et concavum et hunc terrestrem novissimae
editionis et correctionis. D. D. D. Isaacus Habrect Phil. et med. d.
Argentinensis.” “To the Most Illustrious and Most Generous Lord
Eberhardt Ruler in Ruppelstein, Hohenau and Geroldseck in the Vosges,
Divine Emperor Matties II and also the Most Serene Maximilian Archduke
of Austria, the Exalted President of the Provincial Orders of the
Cameria, and those on this side of the mountains, sprung from the
Ancient Ducal Family of Spoleto, my Most Gracious Lord, this triple
globe, that is celestial, convex and concave terrestrial, corrected
according to the latest information, gives and dedicates Isaac Habrecht,
philosopher and physician of Strassburg.” In the northern part of North
America is a legend referring to the expeditions of Davis, Schouten, and
Le Maire reading, “Versus Articum polum ulterior transgressus hactenus
ab Herculis licet Davis Angli labore id examinatus fuerit sicut et circa
antarcticum fretum noviter a Guilielmo Schout detectum Le Maire
nuncupatum extremus adhuc navigationum est terminus. Quamvis nullus
dubitet maxima totius orbis magnalia sub polis delitescere quorum
detectionem forsitan summus Deus suo tempore reservat. Typis Jacop. ab
Heyden Argentinae.” “Toward the Arctic pole the last voyage up to the
present was made, with Herculean labors, by Davis an Englishman. Around
the Antarctic a strait has lately been discovered by William Schouten
and named Le Maire, and this, up to the present, is the extreme limit of
navigation, although no one doubts that the greatest wonders of all the
world lie hidden under the poles, the discovery of which, it may be that
Almighty God reserves for his own time. Printed by Jacob von Heyden of
Strassburg.” It is probable that the Jacob von Heyden here referred to
was a relative of Christian Heyden of Nürnberg, mathematician and globe
maker of renown.[55] Below the legend last quoted is a brief one
reading, “America septentrionalis a Christoforo Colombo 1492 detecta.”
“North America discovered by Christopher Columbus in the year 1492.”
This appears to have been quoted from the Hondius globe of the year
1618. The austral continent is referred to as “Terra Australis
incognita,” and near New Guinea is inscribed the following, likewise
quoted from Hondius: “Sic dicta quod ejus littora locorūq Guineae
Affricanae multum sint similia. Dicitur a nonnullis Terra de
Piccinaculi; et sit ne insula an pars continentis Australis incertum
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