The cartouche printed CARY’S Pocket Globe agreeable to the latest DISCOVERIES London Pubd. by J & W Cary Strand Apr 1 1791, the terrestrial globe with twelve hand coloured and printed gores, details include Cook’s tract 1775 and Owyhee where Cook was killed 1779, in fish-skin covered case with inner hemispheres applied with print A TABLE of Longitudes & Latitudes of Places not given on this GLOBE and the other hemisphere with coloured print The WORLD as known in Caesar’s Time agreeable to D’Anville,
3in (7.5cm) diameter cased 3 1/2in x 3 1/2in x 3 1/2in (9cm x 9cm x 9cm).

Footnotes

John Cary (1755-1835) established the family firm in the late 18th century, initially making his globes as a collaborative enterprise with his brother William Cary (1759-1825). The earliest known advertisement for Cary globes was in the 1 January 1791 edition of Traveller’s Companion, in sizes ranging from pocket globes to 21in diameter mounted globes. Additional size options were produced by Cary in subsequent years, indicating that the globe-trade was in a healthy and growing state in the early 19th century.

Literature:

cf. Elly Dekker, Globes at Greenwich, London, 1999.