1. [Celestial Globe] Sphaera Nova Summo studio, summaq[ue], diligentia atq[ue], industra Clariss. Viri D. Adriani Meii Matheseos apud Franequeranos Professoris ordinarii, ad abacos Nobiliss. Viri Tychonis Brahe confignata, observationibs. quam plurimis, tum circa polum Arcticum ab ipso, tum Antarcticum a discipulo suo Frederico Hautmanno, adhibitis, aucta, et in annum 1630 reducta. Edent Joann Jansonio 1648

• Main Authors: Hondius, Jodocus II, Goos, Abraham, Jansson, Johannes, 1588-1664
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Jodocus Hondius II 1648
• Subjects: Celestial; Antarc*
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See our 15181.000 for the matching Terrestrial Globe to this Celestial Globe. "Fantastic Matching Set of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Globes, Including Captain John Smith's Lost Earliest Mapping of Virginia. Exceptional matching pair of 17-inch (44 cm) globes by the famed mapmakers Johannes Janssonius and Jodocus Hondius II, engraved by Abraham Goos, and originally published in Amsterdam in 1623. This pair was published in 1648. Seventeenth-century Dutch globes of this size are all remarkable rarities; however, this set is particularly impressive for a number of reasons. The globes are among the earliest to incorporate the discoveries of Schouten and Le Maire, Hudson, and Frederick de Houtman. Most importantly, the terrestrial globe reveals information from a lost version of Captain John Smith's earliest mapping of Virginia that predates his 1612 map, shedding further light on the friendship between Smith, Henry Hudson, and Jodocus Hondius the Elder. As the globe is dedicated to the Dutch West India Company ("GWC"), it provides an important perspective on Dutch colonial aspirations during the early stage of the settling of North America when they were competing for control over lucrative territories with the English and the French. Lacus Salsus Apalatcius and the Lost Maps of John Smith The most intriguing piece of cartography on these globes is undoubtedly the large inland lake west of Virginia, which is labeled "Lacus Salsus Apalatcius" (Appalachian Salt Lake). The lake is joined to the Atlantic by two rivers "R. Grande" at roughly 40°N and "Pamunca fluv." at roughly 37°N. In Virginia, the following toponyms are shown: Pawtuxsin, Nacontangh, Warawacomoco, Iacobipolis (Jamestown), Rassawick, and Chesepuoc Sinus. The source of this cartography has eluded map scholars for some time; those that commented on the mapping (and there have not been many) tended to tie it to previous renderings of the Sea of Verrazanno, the great inland sea that was popular on maps of the mid-16th century. However, the Sea of Verrazanno ...