Impressive Victorian style thirty-three inch terrestrial globe Probably by Greaves and Thomas after Charles Copley, Isle of Wight, late 20 th century The sphere applied with twelve gores and two polar calottes colour printed after Charles Copley with extensive annotations for cities, countries, significant topographical features, oceans including shipping routes and other features, the South Pacific with an ANALEMMA, SHEWING THE, DECLINATION , OF THE SUN, for every day in, the year & the EQUATION, OF TIME, the equinoctial graduated in degrees and hours and the ecliptic graduated in days, pivoted via the poles within a substantial brass Meridian Arc over a carved green painted and parcel gilded wooden triform stand with gadrooned baluster upright issuing cabriole supports terminating with dolphin heads over concave sided platform with paw feet, 158cm (62ins) high.
Impressive Victorian style thirty-three inch terrestrial globe Probably by Greaves and Thomas after Charles Copley, Isle of Wight, late 20 th century The sphere applied with twelve gores and two polar calottes colour printed after Charles Copley with extensive annotations for cities, countries, significant topographical features, oceans including shipping routes and other features, the South Pacific with an ANALEMMA, SHEWING THE, DECLINATION , OF THE SUN, for every day in, the year & the EQUATION, OF TIME, the equinoctial graduated in degrees and hours and the ecliptic graduated in days, pivoted via the poles within a substantial brass Meridian Arc over a carved green painted and parcel gilded wooden triform stand with gadrooned baluster upright issuing cabriole supports terminating with dolphin heads over concave sided platform with paw feet, 158cm (62ins) high.
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