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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Pocket Globe


Nathaniel Hill, 1754

made up of twelve hand coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, New Holland, Dimens Land and New Zealand part delineated,
North-West America as Unknown Parts, each interior hemisphere twelve hand coloured engraved half gores and a polar calotte, the exterior
of the case covered with fishskin.
(here)