Impressive Terrestrial Library Globe with sharply carved lion’s paw feet.

Diameter globe: 20 inches / 50,8 cm. Overall height: 42,52 inches / 108 cm.

Full title: ” NEWTON’S New and Improved TERRESTRIAL GLOBE Accurately delineated from the observations of the most esteemed NAVIGATORS AND TRAVELLERS to the Present Time Manufactured by NEWTON & SON 66 Chancery Lane & 3 Fleet St. Temple Bar Published 1st [?Jan] 1858″.

A very impressive Victorian 20-inch Library globe. On an exceptionally carved mahogany tripod stand with scrolling acanthus legs terminating in sharply carved lion’s paw feet joined by turned stretchers centered by a compass.

With paper scale and blued steel needle inscribed NEWTON and SON Chancery Lane London. The terrestrial globe is finely marked with the latest discoveries of the period. Published 1st January 1867, made up of twelve engraved paper gores on a plaster sphere, with continents lightly shaded, countries outlined, coasts hatched and colored, densely labeled with major towns, rivers, lakes, mountain ranges and deserts, North America divided into states and territories, California shown as a peninsula, Northern California labeled New California, the Russian Empire spanning Europe and Asia. The oceans are marked with the tracks and dates of various expeditions, including the three voyages of Cook, Biscoe and Gore, Clerke’s voyage on the Resolution additionally marked with sightings of fauna in the North Pacific Ocean, the names of Pacific islands and the dates of their discovery labeled. The Antarctic is labeled with observations of ice during Biscoe’s 1831 expedition, the Equator or Equinoctial Line calibrated in degrees, hours and fractions, the Ecliptic by days of the month and Zodiacal signs, with Improved Analemma, and Meridian passing through Greenwich. The Newton family of cartographers was among the leading English globe makers of the 19th Century. At the beginning of the century, several members of the Newton family were active as globe makers in London, mainly at 66 Chancery Lane (at first 97 Chancery Lane).

Condition: The globe itself has been restored due to some discoloration.