Globe 16

Pocket globe by Peter Salziger?

Globe 16: Peter Salziger (?) pocket globe: handcolored and varnished lithographed terrestrial globe, [Nuremberg, 1st half of 19th century], with initials “M.P.S.”, 9.0 cm. diameter of cylindrical box, 8.0 diameter sphere, with track showing “Cooks Reise um die Welt” (Cook’s 3rd voyage); top of case lid bears handcolored vignette of a cartographer (Mercator?) with globe, callipers, and open atlas, ships in background.


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