Author: DEKKER (Elly)
Title: Globes at Greenwich. A Catalogue of the Globes and Armillary Spheres in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
Description: Oxford University Press. 1999. 4to, xi, [1], 592pp., numerous illustrations, orig. cloth, no dust wrapper. The National Maritime Museum at Greenwich has one of the world's largest and finest collection of globes, comprising over 300 items including terrestrial and celestial examples, armillary spheres, and planispheres. The collection has here been fully catalogued by one of the leading authorities on Western globes, Dr Elly Dekker. The catalogue includes full entries on all items in the Museum's collection, the overwhelming majority being illustrated.

Keywords: GLOBES CARTOGRAPHY MAPS