John and William Newton. Newton's New and Improved Terrestrial Globe; Newton's New and Improved Celestial Globe. 1828. 16thcworld24 11 1/2 x 8 3/4

11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches

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in anticipation that war might break out in Oregon

where his patrons included Sir Walter Raleigh and Lady Mary Sidney

Didier de Vaugondy had been trained enough to have published his first pair of globes

John and William Newton. Newton's New and Improved Terrestrial Globe; Newton's New and Improved Celestial Globe. 1828. 16thcworld24 11 1/2 x 8 3/4NEWTON, John and William (fl. 1818 1830) Newton's New and Improved Terrestrial Globe; Newton's New and Improved Celestial Globe Each globe made up of 2 pairs of 12 hand colored engraved gores, both globes with their original varnish removed, and with occasionally old light spotting. Some stress fractures of the gore surface, some with expert minor restoration. Brass hour rings, diameter 3. 25 inches, at each pole, brass meridian circles, graduated on