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Cary’s Pocket Globe; agreeable to the latest Discoveries, 1791
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Cary’s Pocket Globe; agreeable to the latest Discoveries, 3-inch terrestrial pocket globe, twelve engraved and hand-coloured gores over plaster base, title cartouche, detailed mapping showing tracks including Cook's voyages and comments such as: ‘Owyhee where Captain Cook was killed 1779’, Australia appearing as New Holland, polar pins, in a fishskin case with metal clasps, the hemispheres applied with further engraved and coloured gores, one inscribed The World as known in Caesar’s Time agreeable to D'Anville, the other inscribed A Table of Latitudes & Longitudes of Places not given on this Globe, occasional minor abrasions to varnish, ‘Pub. by J & W Cary, Strand, London, Apr. 1, 1791’.
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Cary’s Pocket Globe; agreeable to the latest Discoveries, 1791

1791 Cary's 3-inch terrestrial pocket globe with hand-coloured gores over plaster, Cook voyage tracks (including Owyhee 1779), New Holland Australia, polar pins, and fishskin case with metal clasps.

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3.488 €(£3,000)–4.651 €(£4,000)

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Lot Details

Lot #
30
Currency
GBP
Lot Ends
1 Oct 2026, 12:00:00
Auction Ends
1 Oct 2026, 12:00:00
Lots in Auction
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