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A George Adams 2 ½-inch pocket globe in case, English, circa 1770, image 1
A George Adams 2 ½-inch pocket globe in case, English, circa 1770, image 2
The Stephen Edell Collection of Pocket and Table Globes
Lot 176

A George Adams 2 ½-inch pocket globe in case,
English, circa 1770,

15 September 2021, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £9,562.50 inc. premium

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A George Adams 2 ½-inch pocket globe in case, English, circa 1770,

the cartouche printed A Terrestrial GLOBE G: Adams No.60, Fleet Street, London, the paper-mâché sphere applied with twelve printed gores, hand coloured with California as a peninsula, Australia- named New Holland- drawn according to Dutch discoveries with a hypothetical eastern coastline, New Zealand with only a small section of coastline, in fish-skin covered case, the celestial inner hemispheres with printed and hand coloured engraving of the heavens,
3in (7.5cm) diameter

Footnotes

Provenance:
The Stephen Edell Collection.

Literature:
John R. Millburn, Adams of Fleet Street, Instrument Makers to King George III, London, 2000.

George Adams (1709-1772) was one of the most celebrated instrument makers of his day, becoming mathematical instrument-maker to the Office of Ordnance in 1748, and in 1760 he was appointed to the court of King George III. The Cook expedition to the South Seas used instruments supplied by Adams.

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