1 globe : paint and gesso over hollow wood sphere, brass (stand) ; 368 mm in diam.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:11155722
Classification:
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:30,000,000]. -- (W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°).
Notes:
Restricted fragile material. Use requires permission of the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Exhibition History:
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25)
Subject Terms:
Globes -- Early works to 1800. | World maps -- Early works to 1800. | America -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | America -- Name.
Form/Genre:
Globes.
Contributors:
Waldseemüller, Martin, 1470–1519. Cosmographiae introductio. | Schöner, Johann, 1477–1547, cartographer, attributed name. | Apian, Peter, 1495–1552, cartographer. | Sperantius, Sebastian, -1525, former owner. | Hauslab, Franz Ritter von, 1798–1883, former owner. | Liechtenstein, House of, former owner. | Leopold, Nicolaus.
