Globe in wooden chair made by G. Valck or Valk, The chair has four legs with round feet, here and there woodworm holes. The horizontal protractor is made of wood (broken in one place and a bar comes through the paper in another) and covered with paper. The map on the sphere is also of paper, intact but very dirty. The vertical protractor is made of copper. The card has Dutch names and Latin terms. Australia has been mapped for three-quarters ('detecta 1644'). The northern pacific is an unknown country. This includes a celestial globe from the same maker., Gerard Valck, Netherlands, 1650 - 1700, wood (plant material), paper, copper (metal), h 58 cm × d 39 cm
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