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3.5-inch terrestrial globe
3.5-inch terrestrial globe

3.5-inch terrestrial globe

Date1552
Inventory Number1997-1-2060b
ClassificationGlobe
Subject
    Maker François De Mongenet died pre 1592
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions16 x 8.5 x 8.5 cm (6 5/16 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
        globe diam: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.)
        Material
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          DescriptionThe globe is fixed on a black wood stand and possesses no other accessories, like a brass meridian or hour circle, usually found on larger globes. It is made of twelve gores which come from a woodcut. Some characteristics of the cartography are: The ghosts islands below Java are identified as "inexploratae magn"; the tropics are identified as "Tropicus aestivus" and "Tropicus hybernus"; Japan was left unnamed.

          Two cartouches were also engraved: one for the dedicacy, and one for the signature.
          In Collection(s)
          Signedcartouche: FACIEBAT FRANCISCUS DEMONGENET anno 1552
          Inscribedcartouche: EXIMIO VIRO D : I : P: A MONTE MAIORE
          Curatorial RemarksThe gores are almost certainly older than the wood globe and its black stand. It is probable that at a later date (perhaps during the nineteenth century?) the gores were cut out of a book and assembled in their present form.
          FunctionTeaching astronomy.
          Historical AttributesThe general cartography started what is often called the DeMongenet tradition, which lasted until the early seventeenth century.
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