1728 First Edition EXTREMELY RARE Doppelmayer Terrestrial Globe
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:28854 | Year: 1728 |
Extremely rare original globe from 1728 32cm terrestrial globe . The globe even pre-dates the beginning of the Unites States of America!
First edition Terrestrial Globe from Johann Georg Puschner (1680-1749), a famous manufacturer of scientific instruments, produced a series of printed globes, in association with Johann Gabriel Doppelmaier (1677-1750), which will become the most famous globes executed during the 18th century..Condition: the globe shows still very strong original col...ours for being almost 300 years old. The globe has damage due to a fall on the ground by a previous owner. This is clearly visible. Otherwise there is the normal wear and abrasions on the globe. For further pictures or condition report please contact us.In 1728, he realized the first pair of globes with 32 cm in diameter, then in 1730, another pair of 20 cm in diameter to which our globes belong and finally in 1736 a pair of 10 cm in diamete. The terrestrial globe has the particularity to resume the road followed in 1688 by the English explorer William Dampier (1652-1715).
Indeed, Admiralty entrusts to Dampierre the command of the vessel H.M.S Roebuck and he gave him the responsability to lead an expedition to the East which will result in the loss of his vessel. It is this route which appears on our terrestrial globe.Johann Gabriel DOPPELMAYR or DOPPELMAIER (Nuremberg, 1677 - 1750) :Johann Gabriel Doppelmaier was one of the most famous scientists in Nuremberg during the early 18th century. He was an astronomist, geographer, and well known as mathematician, but also as a writer, translator and publisher maps and globes.Johann Georg PUSCHNER (1680 - 1749) :Johann Georg Puschner was an engraver and an instrument maker from Nuremberg. He worked in association with the famous cartographer Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr. Their printed globes are the most famous of 18th century. Between 1728 and 1736, Johann Gabriel Doppelmaier published three pairs of globes : in 1728, a pair of globes with 32 cm in diameter, in 1730 a pair of 20 cm in diameter, and finally in 1736 a pair of 10 cm in diameter.This terrestrian globe has the particularity to resume the plan of the road follows by the English explorer William Dampier (1652-1715). His logbook New voyage around the world, published in 1697, permits him the command of a vessel to the East whose the route is visible on this globe.
First edition Terrestrial Globe from Johann Georg Puschner (1680-1749), a famous manufacturer of scientific instruments, produced a series of printed globes, in association with Johann Gabriel Doppelmaier (1677-1750), which will become the most famous globes executed during the 18th century..Condition: the globe shows still very strong original col...ours for being almost 300 years old. The globe has damage due to a fall on the ground by a previous owner. This is clearly visible. Otherwise there is the normal wear and abrasions on the globe. For further pictures or condition report please contact us.In 1728, he realized the first pair of globes with 32 cm in diameter, then in 1730, another pair of 20 cm in diameter to which our globes belong and finally in 1736 a pair of 10 cm in diamete. The terrestrial globe has the particularity to resume the road followed in 1688 by the English explorer William Dampier (1652-1715).
Indeed, Admiralty entrusts to Dampierre the command of the vessel H.M.S Roebuck and he gave him the responsability to lead an expedition to the East which will result in the loss of his vessel. It is this route which appears on our terrestrial globe.Johann Gabriel DOPPELMAYR or DOPPELMAIER (Nuremberg, 1677 - 1750) :Johann Gabriel Doppelmaier was one of the most famous scientists in Nuremberg during the early 18th century. He was an astronomist, geographer, and well known as mathematician, but also as a writer, translator and publisher maps and globes.Johann Georg PUSCHNER (1680 - 1749) :Johann Georg Puschner was an engraver and an instrument maker from Nuremberg. He worked in association with the famous cartographer Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr. Their printed globes are the most famous of 18th century. Between 1728 and 1736, Johann Gabriel Doppelmaier published three pairs of globes : in 1728, a pair of globes with 32 cm in diameter, in 1730 a pair of 20 cm in diameter, and finally in 1736 a pair of 10 cm in diameter.This terrestrian globe has the particularity to resume the plan of the road follows by the English explorer William Dampier (1652-1715). His logbook New voyage around the world, published in 1697, permits him the command of a vessel to the East whose the route is visible on this globe.
