Realms of Gold: A Catalogue of Maps in the Library of the American Philosophical Society
Part IV: Globes and Model

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Table of contents Abstract
Realms of Gold overview

Murphy D. Smith created this guide to the map holdings of the American Philosophical Society in 1991. The guide is divided into four main sections:

The bulk of the maps described are found within the printed maps section, which is further subdivided by geographic location. The printed guide was digitized in 2005 and supplemented by the addition of a significant number of digital images of the maps described. These digital representations are maintained in JPEG2000 format, an emerging standard for image compression. Each entry for which there is a corresponding scan features a small thumbnail that links to the JPEG2000 image. Not every map in the collection was scanned for this project. Inventories of all the digitized maps may be found in the following locations:


Scope and content
Arrangement
The globes and model are entered as follows as the information warrants:
  • Date
  • Description
  • Cartographer(s)
  • Engraver(s)
  • Size (diameter of globe)
  • Colored
  • Provenance
  • Note (cross-references, bibliographic references, etc.)

Administrative information

Processing information
Murphy D. Smith created the original guide 1991; Ellen Foster edited the online version in 2005.

Contact information
American Philosophical Society
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  Sponsor:Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation
Detailed inventory

 1772. Celestial globe, inscribed: To the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D.D., F.R.S., Astronomer Royal, this new British Celestial Globe. Containing the positions of nearly 6000 Stars, Clusters, Nebulae, Planetary Nebulae, etc. correctly computed and laid down for the year 1800 from the latest observations and discoveries by Dr. Maskelyne, Dr. Herschel, the Rev. Mr. Wollaston, etc. etc. is respectfully dedicated by his most obedient h[um]ble servents [sic] Wm. & T. M. Bardin. Label pasted on: Sold by W. & S. Jones, Holborn, London. 1798.
Cartographer: William Bardin and T. M. Bardin.
1798. Size: 18 in. diameter. Colored. (Philosophical Hall)

The globe is contained by a 15¼ in. high mahogany four-legged ringstand with crossbars and horizon circle and a brass meridian circle support for turning the globe.
William Jones, a London optician and member of the Society, presented this celestial globe, and a terrestrial one [see no. 1773], to the Society on 24 June 1799. He wrote on 3 November 1795 that he was "chiefly engaged with others, in completing a new pair of 18 in. globes more accurate than any hitherto constructed" which he expected to be ready "about next spring." He promised to "present them with a [sic] folios when they are ready." He wrote again on 24 June 1799:
Enclosed you have a bill of Lading for a pair of Globes, which are shipt on board the Active, and if they have a safe arrival I will trouble you to forward; and further, to favour me with the presentation of them to the Philosophical [Society]. . . . I deferred sending them until the Geography had received the best additions and discoveries, and I hope they will be considered an useful addition to the collections of the society [Archives. W. Jones to J. Vaughan and the APS, 3 November 1795, and 24 June 1799].
Jones did forward some folios with the globes but the one he hoped to include and which was not published until 1803 was: George Adams, Astronomical and geographical essays: containing a full and comprehensive view, on a new plan, on the general principles of astronomy; the use of the celestial and terrestrial globes . . . 5th ed. Corrected and enlarged by William Jones, London. Printed for W. and S. Jones. 1803.
See also: APS Memoirs, vol. 53. Robert P. Multhauf, A catalogue of instruments and models in the possession of the American Philosophical Society (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society: 1961) for additional information pertaining to the globes and model.

Provenance: Provenance: Presented by William Jones, 24 June 1799. For terrestrial globe, see below, No. 1773.

1773. Terrestrial globe, inscribed: To the Rt. Honorable Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., President of the Royal Society, this new British terrestrial globe containing all the latest discoveries and communications from the most correct and authentic observations and surveys to the year 1799 by Capt[ai]n Cook and more recent navigators. Engraved from an accurate drawing by Mr. Arrowsmith, Geographer, is respectfully dedicated by His most obedient h[um]ble servent [sic] Wm. & T. M. Bardin. Label pasted on: Sold by W. & S. Jones, Holborn, London. 1798.
Cartographer: William Bardin, T. M. Bardin, and Aaron Arrowsmith.
[1798]. Size: 18 in. diameter. Colored. (Philosophical Hall)

The globe is contained by a 15¼ in. high mahogany four-legged ringstand with crossbars and horizon circle and a brass meridian circle support for turning the globe. The printing is difficult to read: this title follows that of the globe in the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., as described in A catalogue of early globes made prior to 1850 and conserved in the United States. A preliminary listing by Ena L. Yonge. New York: American Geographical Society: 1968.

Provenance: Provenance: Presented by William Jones, 24 June 1799. For comments on the presentation, see celestial globe notes, no. 1772, above.

1774. Model in plaster of "Mont Blanc en relief," Switzerland. N.d.
n.d. Size: 4 in. x 6½ in. x 2 in. high. Colored. (Philosophical Hall)