Globe

Cartographer Leonard Valk (1675-1746)

Inscriptions1) Dans le Pacifique, 240°-270° L, 0°-30° S : Cosmotheore,\ coelesti nostro Globo,\ Par; et plane Novus, Hic Terrestris\ ut existeret;\ Certo scias;\ Errore Veterum Sublatô:\Non tantum Utriusque Orbis\ Longitudines ac Latitudines,\ Per reiteratas Neotericorum Observationes,\ Hicce eße restitutas;\ Sed et nullum typis Emendatiorem prodiisse,\ Hoc igitur Novißimô tam diu fruere,\ Donec, sub Majori forma,\ Meô aere Alios excudam\ Gerardus Valck Calcographus\ Amstelaedami,\ A[nn]o 1700,\ Cum privilegio. (Cosmotheore [Sky-Watcher], you may be sure that this terrestrial globe is equal to our celestial one, and is completely new and that after removing the errors of the ancients, not only the longitudes and latitudes of both worlds have been put right according to the repeated observations of modern scholars, but in addition, that there is no more correct version published. Therefore, delight in this newest version, until I engrave with my copper others in a larger size. Gerard Valk, engraver, Amsterdam, in the year 1700, with charter.) 2) Sous le support (disque et traverse) : «III» en chiffre romain 3) Sur le méridien de laiton, au pôle nord : «3» en chiffre arabe

Date 1750

Medium / Technique Wood; fibre: papier mâcher, metal: brass; paper
Cut, moulded, engraved and painted

DimensionsHeight: 38.3 cm (15 1/16 in.) Diameter: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.) Width: 31.9 cm (12 9/16 in.)

ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents

Origin Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

Object Number1980.55.1

DivisionMaterial Culture - Objects of Science and Technology

CollectionStewart

CreditPurchase

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