COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
A New American Terrestrial Globe.
Obj Height cm:
33
Obj Width cm:
33
Note:
Wilson's first dated globe, issued one year after his undated 1810 globe, also 13 inches. This is the first dated globe issued in the United States. In 1812 Wilson issued his first Celestial Globe. This thirteen inch Terrestrial Globe is on a four leg table stand. Total height from base to tip is 18 inches.
Reference:
Yonge p 65-66; Warner p. 135; Kimball p22; Ristow p 278-279.
Full Title:
A New American Terrestrial Globe on which the Principal Places of the Known World are Accurately laid down with the traced attempts of Captain Cook to discover a Southern Continent by James Wilson 1811.
List No:
4994.000
Series No:
1
Pub Date:
1811
Pub Title:
A New American Terrestrial Globe on which the Principal Places of the Known World are Accurately laid down with the traced attempts of Captain Cook to discover a Southern Continent by James Wilson 1811.
Pub Reference:
Yonge p 65-66; Warner p. 135; Kimball p22; Ristow p 278-279.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
4994.000
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
33
Pub Width cm:
33
Image No:
4994000
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 1998
Publisher Location:
N.P.
Publisher:
James Wilson
Type:
Globe
World Area:
World
Publication Author:
Wilson, James
Pub Type:
Globe
Author:
Wilson, James
Date:
1811
A New American Terrestrial Globe.
