> I happen to own a small version of this exact item. I must concur with
> Sara that it is not what it purports to be. I picked up the small (about
> 5" high) version a few years ago as a curiosity - lamenting all the time
> that the gnomon design and placement make the whole thing useless. This
bone terrestrial globe with sundial
Hello fellow dialists,
I am very dubious about the ivory (or bone) globe with the inset sundial on
a number of grounds--cartographically, horologically, and stylistically.
First cartographically, I do not see this globe as dating from around 1600.
The
Hello fellow dialists,
I am very dubious about the ivory (or bone) globe with the inset
sundial on a number of grounds--cartographically, horologically, and
stylistically.
First cartographically, I do not see this globe as dating from around
1600. The first thematic map showing trade winds
