Note 368 — Chapter IX · Globes and Globe Makers of the Last Quarter of the Sixteenth Century

A sixteenth century globe cup. (In: Royal Geographical Journal. London, 1919. pp. 196-197.) This particular globe of Gessner was sold at Christie’s in London, July 23, 1919, for £3800. It is thought to have been made in the year 1595. Attention is called in this article to a globe cup in the British Museum, dated 1569.