An English Mahogany Eighteen-Inch Terrestrial Globe
Sale 979 - European Furniture & Decorative Arts
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Feb 2, 2022
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$3,000 -
5,000
Price Realized
$23,750
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Lot Description
An English Mahogany Eighteen-Inch Terrestrial Globe
John and William Cary, London, Circa 1830-35
bearing a cartouche that reads Cary's New Terrestrial Globe Exhibiting The Tracks and Discoveries made by Captain Cook; Also those of Captain Vancouver on the Northwest 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/ London/ Made and Sold by J&W Cary, Strand[...]/ With Alterations and Corrections to 183 (dates partially obscured).
Height 42 1/2 x diameter of stand 24 inches.
Height 42 1/2 x diameter of stand 24 inches.
Property of Brett Edwards, Wildwood, Missouri
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