Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2 Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy

Chapter X: Globes and Globe Makers of the Early

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Seventeenth Century. The Dutch Scientific Masters and Their Preëminent Leadership. 1

The shifting of globe making interest to the northwest of Europe at the close of the sixteenth century.--The Van Langrens as leaders.--Jodocus Hondius and his son Henricus.--Willem Jansz. Blaeu and his sons, John and Cornelius.--The Ferreri armillary sphere.--Globes of Peter Plancius.--Isaac Habrecht.--Globes of Mattheus Greuter and their reproduction by Rossi.--Manfredus Settàla.--Abraham Goos.--Adam Heroldt.