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made in London

Celestial globe
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This celestial globe, the 'New British Celestial Globe', was made in 1800 by Thomas M. Bardin of London. It was retailed by J. Webb, an optician based in London's Tottenham Court Road.

Mounted on a four-legged wooden stand, the globe is made of engraved and hand-painted paper gores, covering a plaster-of-paris hollow sphere. It has a brass meridian ring. Stars are shown to the seventh magnitude.

Globes were usually produced in pairs, the terrestrial one showing the latest geographical discoveries worldwide, while the celestial one showed the latest discoveries in the heavens.

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