| Information about the name |
Globus terrestris summa curra ac diligentia [cartographic document] / a Iudoco Hondio piae mem.riae inchoatus globosis autem directorii nautici lineis ab Adriano Venone ad usum navigantium accomodatus, illiusque et Iudoci Hondii Iunioris ope et industriae absolutus atque perfectus |
| Author's Data |
Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612 |
| Publisher |
Amsterodami : Jodoco Hondio, 1613 |
| Physical Description |
1 globe : in colour, cooperplate, plaster based paper, on a wooden quadripod, a metal horizontal circle with an engraved scale and a windrose, a vertical wooden circle with a calendar and zodiac signs ; 55 cm in diameter |
| General Comments on the Globe Height |
Globe Height c. 80 cm |
| General Comments on the Prime Meridian Position |
The Prime Meridian passes through the Azores Islands |
| General Comment |
Ornamental cartouch. Parerga provided with explanatory notes |
| Genre/Form |
Globes |
