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
Zambese: Città e fortezza di Tete de Portugal; Fortezza di S. Estevao;
Minere di Ferro; Minere d’argento che il Re di Monom. promise al Re di
Spagna nel 1604; Fortezza di Chicova.” “Zambesi River: City and fortress
of Tete of Portugal; fortress of S. Estevao; iron mines; silver mines
which the King of Monomotapa promised to the King of Spain in 1604;
fortress of Chicova.” Like the other leading map makers of the period he
has indicated the course of certain transoceanic expeditions,
occasionally noting the distance sailed on each successive day, with
other valuable and interesting information relating to the position of
the sun and the moon, to atmospheric conditions, to the appearance of
sea birds and of certain marine animals.
Globes of this 1688 edition may be found in the Biblioteca Comunale of
Fano; in the Biblioteca Comunale of Faenza; in the Königliche
Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon of Dresden, celestial undated; in the
Biblioteca Civico of Bergamo; in the Biblioteca Gonzaga of Mantua; in
the Biblioteca Marciana of Venice (Figs. 112, 113); in the Museo Civico
of Venice; in the Biblioteca Universitario of Naples; in the Palazzo
Manin of Passeriano. The twelve gores of the terrestrial globe may be
found in the British Museum; a fine copy of the twelve gores may also
be found in the Library of Congress, Washington; a copy of the mounted
terrestrial globe belongs to the Biblioteca Emanuele of Rome; three
copies of this globe in addition to the pair referred to above belong to
the Museo Civico of Venice.
[Illustration: Fig. 112. Terrestrial Globe of P. Vincenzo Coronelli,
1688.]
[Illustration: Fig. 113. Celestial Globe of P. Vincenzo Coronelli,
1688.]
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