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Celestial and Terrestrial Globes

These miniature globes are only 3.5 inches in diameter. One represents the Earth and the other the starry sky. They are fashioned from gore-shaped sections of woodcut-printed maps glued to wooden spheres. These maps were issued by mathematician & geographer, François DeMongenet, of Vesoul, France, in 1552.

CHSI Inv. Number 1997-1-2060a, 1997-1-2060b,
Date: circa 1552
François DeMongenet

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