This 23.5 cm globe represents the first full publication of the Southern Hemisphere's constellations, including the Southern Cross. The globe features coloured illustrations and is mounted on its original wooden stand with a brass meridian. Willem Blaeu is renowned for the quality of his charts and cartography which represent some of the most accurate work of the 17th century. This globe was based on observations made by Frederik de Houtman, a Dutch East India Company skipper who sailed on the earliest Dutch voyage to Asia.
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