John Cary (1755-1835) was the founder of one of the most successful map and globe publishers of the time. He started producing globes in 1791 and this example is one of those earliest productions. Cary is known for working on his own in the map and atlas world but for globes he worked in partnership with his brother William (c.1759-1825) who was an instrument maker of note. The most up-to-date information contained is that of Mackenzie’s travels in Canada in 1789. The sight of Cook’s death in 1779 in Hawaii is cited and the southern coast of Australia still records a peninsular Tasmania. The tracks of Cook’s three voyages are depicted as is that of Phipps in 1773.

Pasted inside the case are twelve half gores depicting ‘The World as Known in Caesar’s Time agreeable to D’Anville’. The other hemisphere contains ‘A Table of Latitudes & Longitudes of Places not given on this Globe’. Dahl & Gavin (2000) pp. 96-7; Dekker (1999) GLB0001 pp. 293-5; Krogt (1993) Car 1.