Rare Globe Gores of Southern Hemisphere

"[Lot of 3 - Globe Gores] L. Fl. cum Geographica Orbis Terrarum Descriptio Secundum...", Eimmart, Georg Christoph

Georg Chirstoph Eimmart was one of Germany's foremost mathematicians and astronomers. He was also an engraver and instrument maker. His primary cartographic output was a celestial map that he made in conjunction with Homann. He also issued a pair of terrestrial and celestial globes, also published by Homann. These three sheets (plates 1, 3 & 4) form the gores for part of that terrestrial globe. They cover the Southern Hemisphere from the Atlantic coast of Southern Africa through most of the South Pacific Ocean. Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand are only partially formed. Olivier van Noort's expedition track is shown around the tip of Africa and into the Indonesian archipelago. The South Pole cap is included on one of the sheets. These globe gores are extremely rare.

References: Van der Krogt (Globes) pp. 122-23.

Condition: A

There is a printer' ink smudge on the first sheet at left. There is light soiling and several short tears along the edges of the sheets.