Gabriel Wright & William Bardin, Terrestrial Globe, Maps G.8b
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3D image
Date published
December 9, 2019
Abstract
A new, accurate, and compleat Terrestrial Globe … laid down by the late Mr. James Ferguson … improv’d by G. Wright, and made by W. Bardin, etc. London: Harrison & Co., 1783. 1 globe: hand coloured, 23 cm. in diameter. This globe forms a pair with the celestial globe at Maps G.8.a. The globes made by Gabriel Wright (active 1782–1803) and his collaborator William Bardin (active 1775–98) marked a new phase in English globe-making that continued well into the nineteenth century. This model was created for a 2020 British Library project to digitise globes from its historic map collection. For enquiries regarding further re-use of this model please contact licensing@bl.uk. BL catalogue record: https://catalogue.bl.uk/permalink/44BL_MAIN/bbcktk/alma990049630870109251 See also: https://web.archive.org/web/20200730170628mp_/https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/bardin-and-wrights-free-gift-terrestrial-globe
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British Library
Publisher
British Library
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