Twelve-Inch Terrestrial Floor Globe
George III Twelve-Inch Terrestrial Floor Globe , 1782, cartouche reading "Ferguson's Terrestrial Globe Improv'd by G. Wright...Made & Sold by Wm. Bardin", hand-colored engraved gores, full brass meridian, the globe depicting Captain Cook's three voyages, original inlaid rosewood stand , the horizon band showing months and signs of the Zodiac, h. 29 1/2 in., dia. 16 1/2 in Reference: Dekker, Elly, and Peter van der Krogt. Globes from the Western World, London, Zwemmer, 1993, pg. 114
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George III Twelve-Inch Terrestrial Floor Globe , 1782, cartouche reading "Ferguson's Terrestrial Globe Improv'd by G. Wright...Made & Sold by Wm. Bardin", hand-colored engraved gores, full brass meridian, the globe depicting Captain Cook's three voyages, original inlaid rosewood stand , the horizon band showing months and signs of the Zodiac, h. 29 1/2 in., dia. 16 1/2 in Reference: Dekker, Elly, and Peter van der Krogt. Globes from the Western World, London, Zwemmer, 1993, pg. 114
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