Wednesday, June 30, 2021

HEAVEN AND EARTH IN YOUR POCKET

 
What  next ? Douglas   Stewart  Fine  Books, Melbourne , is  offering  the above matched  pair of  mid-19th century , mahogany-cased ,  terrestrial and  celestial  pocket  globes for  $25,000. The  terrestrial one , on the right , was a  gift to  "G. Phillips"   from   his  "affectionate  mother ", October  l855 .

 It has  significant  detail of  the  Antarctic,  such as  the circumnavigation by Captain John Biscoe  and the second  and  third  voyages of  Captain  James Cook ,including his death on Owyhee (Hawaii ). Each globe is three inches in diameter .