En carton bouilli, papier lithographié et bois tourné, le cercle méridien et le cercle horaire autour du pôle nord en laiton gravé, le globe céleste inscrit dans un cartouche "The New Twelve Inch / British Celestial Globe / containing the exact positions of more than 3800 FIXD / STARS, Nebulae; Plsanetary Nebulae, According / to the latest discoveries and observations of / Dr. Maskelyne, Dr. Herschell, and other Eminent / Astronomers and adjusted to the present period 1800" et portant une étiquette "SOLD BY / W&S JONES", le globe terrestre inscrit dans un cartouche "THE / NEW TWELVE INCH / BRITISH / Terrestrial Globe, / REPRESENTING THE / ACCURATE POSITION OF THE PRINCIPAL / KNOWN PLACES OF THE EARTH / FROM THE DISCOVERY OF / CAPTAIN COOK / AND SUBSEQUENT CIRCUMNAVIGATORS / TO THE PRESENT PERIOD / 1802 / WITH ADDITIONS TO 1807" et portant une étiquette " W&S Jones Holborn London"
H.: 62 cm. (24¹⁄₂ in.) ; D.: 47 cm. (18¹⁄₂ in.)

- Ena L. Yonge, A catalogue of early globes, American Geographical Society, n°6, 1968, pp.5-10.
- J.-R. Millburn et T.E. Rössaak, "The Bardin Family, Globe-Makers in London, and Their Associate, Gabriel Wright," dans Der Globusfreund, n°. 40/41 (1992), pp. 21-57.
- Dekker, Globes at Greenwich, 1999, pp. 268-269, n°GLBO195 et GLBO070.

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