More pictures available upon request If you would like to own an exceptional piece of history that is to be seen only in museums, this 1750 Nathaniel Hill terrestrial & celestial Globe may be of interest to you. A remarkable artifact documenting the age of exploration, when Human Spirit was driven to conquer new land. Also to be found in the National Maritime Museum in London, these artifacts exemplify the importance of preserving history. The Americas have yet to be completely discovered with many areas simply marked “unknown“. British Colonies are identified on the East Coast of North America, naming some of what would later become the first 13 United States. Australia is titled New Holland and has yet to be completely discovered, it looks to be connected to New Guinea. No Tasmania and only a sliver of New Zealand has been discovered. The celestial Globe completes the pair with finely copper plate engravings offering Astronomical details of the 48 Ptolemaic Constellations in addition to others. It also includes a 17th century Ship and Captain (our opinion). Both artifacts consist of paper over wood and plaster, exquisite copper plate engraving with ink and hand-colored gores. The mount consists of a brass full meridian, cradled in a mahogany base with horizon ring and baluster turned legs. Diameter of each orb is about 5 inches with a total height of about 8 inches. Surface wear to both spheres, but much less than expected, especially considering they are over 260 years old. Details are still very crisp. No loss of paper, some loss of color. Celestial globe has cracks. Horizon rings show wear. All hardware is present and functional. A fine pair indeed! Nathaniel Hill (1708-1768) was an engraver and globe maker working in London who flourished from about 1730 to 1768. Mr. Hill represents the beginning of a long tradition of exceptional map-making. In 1730, Hill was apprenticed to Richard Cushee, a land-surveyor, engraver, map- and globe maker. Cushee died in 1732, Hill married his widow Elizabeth and took over the business. When Hill died, Elizabeth continued the business for a short time after Hill‘s death, before his apprentices, Thomas Bateman succeeded to the firm. Bateman took in apprenticeship John Newton. Newton was to succeed his master and, under his own name, established the firm as one of the three great globe-making houses in London in the nineteenth century (with the Cary and Bardin families). from http:--www.mapforum.com-12-12emphem.htm $0 - Item #: DP1750HILL -SOLD