Paire de globes terrestre et celeste de parquet par J & W Cary, le globe terrestre date 1806, le glo

Paire de globes terrestre et céleste de parquet, Angleterre, fin XVIIIe - début XIXe s., cartographie par J & W Cary, Londres, montures et anneaux des méridiens en laiton, support tripode en acajou sur roulettes et entretoisés par une boussole, le globe terrestre daté 1806, le globe céleste daté 1799, h. 120 cm, diam. 71 cmGlobe terrestre: Cary's new terrestrial globe, exhibiting the tracks ans discoveries made by captain Cook:also those of captain Vancouver on the northwest coast of America and M. de la Perouse on the coast of Tartary. Together with every other Improvement collected from various navigators to the present time. London. Made & Sold by J & W Cary, strand March 1st 1806Globe Céleste: Cary's new and improved Celestial Globe, on which is carefully land down, the whole of the Stars and Nebulae, contained in the Astronomical catalogueof the Revd Mr. Wollaston, F.R.S. compiled from the Authorities of Flamsteed, de la Caille, Hevelius, Mayer, Bradley, Herschel, Maskelyne & c. with an extensive number from the works of Miss Herschel. Thw whole adapted to the year 1800, and the limits of each Constellation determined by a boundary line. London. Made & Sold by J & W Cary, N°181 Strand Mar. 1 1799