Introductory material
Reading edition
Brief summary of sixteenth-century globe making.—The close of the century introducing us to the great Dutch globe makers.—The clock maker Dasypodius.—Peter and Philip Apianus.—The armillary sphere of Carlus Platus.—Roll and Reinhold.—Tycho Brahe and his influence.—Titon du Tillet.—The terrestrial globe of Rouen.—Globes of Emery Molyneux.—Globes of Bürgi.—Zürich globe.—Beaker globes.—Ivory globe of Antonio Spano.—The Van Langren globes.—Santucci.—B. F. globe of Dresden.