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A Nicholas Lane 2 3/4-inch pocket globe, English, published 1818, image 1
A Nicholas Lane 2 3/4-inch pocket globe, English, published 1818, image 2
Lot 142

A Nicholas Lane 2 3/4-inch pocket globe,
English, published 1818,

29 August – 9 September 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge

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A Nicholas Lane 2 3/4-inch pocket globe, English, published 1818,

cartouche printed LANE'S Pocket GLOBE LONDON 1818, twelve printed and hand coloured gores showing Anson's and Cooke's tracks, Antarctic marked Frozen Ocean, south Atlantic marked The Ethiopic Ocean, London Meridian marked, in fish skin covered case with three securing hooks and eyes, the interior applied with map of the heavens, 8cm (3 1/8in) diameter

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Nicholas Lane was recorded as living in Southwark by 1783, but otherwise there is little known information for this maker beyond his pocket globes. Many examples of Lane pocket globes would have derived from the copper plates used for earlier Cushee pocket globes.

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