A Pair of Late George III Twenty-One Inch Celestial and Terrestrial Globes by Cary, the Celestial Globe Dated 1800

A Pair of Late George III Twenty-One Inch Celestial and Terrestrial Globes by Cary, the Celestial Globe Dated 1800

on mahogany tripod stands, each centering a compass;

Terrestrial Globe with a cartouche reading: Cary’s New Celestial globe Exhibiting The Tracks and Discoveries made by Captain Cox; also those of Captain Vancouver on the North West Coast of America and M de La Perouse, on the Coast of Tartary Together with every other Improvement collected from various navigators to the present time

Provenance: London, Sold by P & C Dollard, St. Pauls Churchyard; Celestial Globe with a cartouche reading: Cary’s New and Improved Celestial Globe on which Is carefully laid down of the whole of the stars and nebulae. Contained in the Astronomical Catalogue of Rev. Mr. Wollaston, F.R.S. laid down on the whole of the stars and nebulae. Contained in the Astronomical Catalogue of Rev. Mr. Wollaston, F.R.S.

Compiled from the Authorities of FLAMSTEED, DE LA CAILLE, HEVELIUS, MAYER, BRADLEY, HERCHEL, MASKELYNE

Sec. with an extensive number from the works…Herschel

The whole adapted to the year 1800 and the limits of each Constellation determined by a Boundary Line, London Sold by P & G. Dollard. St Pauls Church Yard

Explanation. Greek letters of figures prefixed to the stars signify from the British Catalogue, a stroke drawn under the figures this 450 De La Caine H.Hevelius. M. Mayer. CM. C. Herchel and B. Bradley

height 49 in.; diameter 30 in.

124.5 cm; 76 cm