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Title Globus terrestris summa curra ac diligentia / a Iudoco Hondio piae mem.riae inchoatus globosis autem directorii nautici lineis ab Adriano Venone ad usum navigantium accomodatus, illiusque et Iudoci Hondii Iunioris ope et industriae absolutus atque perfectus
Author's Data Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612
Scale 1:24,000,000
Publisher Amsterodami: Jodoco Hondio, 1613
Physical Description 1 globe: in colour, cooperplate, plaster based paper, on a wooden quadripod, a metal horizontal circle with an engraved scale and a windrose, a vertical wooden circle with a calendar and zodiac signs; 55 cm in diameter
General Comments on the Globe Height Globe Height c. 80 cm
General Comments on the Prime Meridian Position The Prime Meridian passes through the Azores Islands
General Comment Ornamental cartouch. Parerga provided with explanatory notes
Genre/Form Globes