Improved Globe, Boston. Manufactured by Gilman Joslin, Corrected to 1870. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1852 by Charles Copley ... New York. (Terrestrial and Celestial Globe pair)

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Associated with	Copley, Charles.
Associated with	Joslin, Gilman.

Subject	World maps > 19th century
Subject	Globes > 19th century
Subject	Celestial globes > 19th century
Subject	Astronomy > Observations > Globes > 19th century
Subject	Solar system > Maps > 19th century
Genre	Globe
Genre	Cartographic three-dimensional form
Genre	Maps
Genre	World maps.
Genre	Globes.
Genre	Celestial charts.
Genre	Celestial globes.

Note	16 inch pair of Terrestrial and Celestial globes. These globes were originally issued by Copley and sold by Blunt in New York in 1852. Joslin revised and reissued them (this pair) in 1869, continuing until the 1890's (Warner). These are both floor stand models and are illustrated in Joslin's catalogue of the early 1870's (see our copy). Franklin Globes also issued the Copley Globes, but they may have been made by Joslin or Nims for Franklin (Warner). "National Park" is shown in the U.S. where Yellowstone Park was created in 1872, but we think this is anticipatory rather than after the fact. The "corrected to 1870" was usually done a year or two before the date (Coffeen). The Copley globes are beautifully executed, have a "modern" look, and are "extremely detailed, even to the point of obscurity" (Warner). Warner further states that "no examples of the Joslin 1869 state of these globes are known." This pair may be the only survivors. Copley won a gold medal in 1852 from the American Institute for the globes (see Transactions of the American Institute 1852, p124-5). Warner lists a Franklin 16 inch Terrestrial (3-88) by Nims that is similar to this. Total height from base to top is 43 inches.
Note	Globe.
Note	References: Warner 3-102, 2-54, 3-88; Guthorn 11-12 (Copley).
Local note	Pub list no.: 2920.000.
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Location	electronic resource

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