A WILLIAM IV POCKET GLOBE BY NEWTON

A WILLIAM IV POCKET GLOBE BY NEWTON, SON & BERRY

C.1830

the three inch globe made of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores, inscribed 'Newton's new & improved (terrestrial) globe published by Newton, Son & Berry 66 Chancery Lane London', the oceans with Cook's three voyages, South Africa titled 'Caffreria', Alaska as Russian territory and New Zealand in Maori, with iron axes pins and housed in a turned case with a domed lid

11.6cm high

PROVENANCE

The late Greta Morrison, widow of Bryan Morrison.