Joslin's Six Inch Terrestrial Globe. / Joslin, Gilman / 1846

Joslin's Six Inch Terrestrial Globe. Joslin, Gilman, 1846

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Full Title: Joslin's Six Inch Terrestrial Globe, Containing the Latest Discoveries. Boston. Gilman Joslin. 1846. Drawn and Engraved by W.B. Annin.

Author: Joslin, Gilman

Date: 1846

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Author: Joslin, Gilman

Date: 1846

Short Title: Joslin's Six Inch Terrestrial Globe.

Publisher: Boston: Gilman Joslin

Type: Globe

Object Height cm: 15

Object Width cm: 15

Scale 1: 85,000,000

Note: Joslin's first globe was a six inch model issued in 1839. This 1846 issue is probably the second edition (Yonge lists only the 1839 and this 1846, none in between). In color, with a three legged stand, horizon ring and brass meridian. Globe from bottom of the base to the top of the meridian is 10 inches.

Reference: Yonge p37-38; cf Warner 100-101.

World Area: World

Full Title: Joslin's Six Inch Terrestrial Globe, Containing the Latest Discoveries. Boston. Gilman Joslin. 1846. Drawn and Engraved by W.B. Annin.

List No: 4326.000

Series No: 1

Published In: Joslin's Six Inch Terrestrial Globe, Containing the Latest Discoveries. Boston. Gilman Joslin. 1846. Drawn and Engraved by W.B. Annin.

Publication Author: Joslin, Gilman

Publication Date: 1846

Publication Reference: Yonge p37-38; cf Warner 100-101.

Publication Note: See note field above.

Publication List No: 4326.000

Publication Type: Globe

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 15

Publication Width cm: 15

Image No: 4326000

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