Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword.

Terrestrial Globes in Antiquity

Celestial Globes in Antiquity

Globes Constructed by the Arabs

Terrestrial and Celestial Globes in the Christian Middle Ages

Globes Constructed in the Early Years of the Great Geographical Discoveries

Globes of the Early Sixteenth Century

Globes of the Second Quarter of the Sixteenth Century

Globes and Globe Makers of the Third Quarter of the Sixteenth Century

Globes and Globe Makers of the Last Quarter of the Sixteenth Century

Transcriber’s note:
Many foreign and English words in the text and in the references occur in joined, hyphenated and spaced forms with almost equal frequency. These have not been modified for the sake of fidelity to the printed text.

The symbol used after q or q̄ as a scribal abbreviation in Latin has been represented by ȝ.
The reversed C used in Roman numerals has been represented by Ɔ.
&c, with scribal abbreviation above c, has been represented by &c̃.

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