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Celestial globe, the stars are represented by different symbols, but the magnitude table is absent, c.1757 (plaster)

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Ferguson, James (1710-76) / Scottish

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National Maritime Museum, London, UK

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c. 1757 AD (C18th AD)

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Celestial globe, the stars are represented by different symbols, but the magnitude table is absent, the milky way is noted as well as the 48 Ptolemaic constellations and a few others from the southern hemisphere but not in their totality. Plaster globe, circa 1757, by James Ferguson (1710-1776), Scottish astronomer.

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