Collection search - The "Green" or "Quirini" Globe. The name Green was given to it by Gabriel Marcel, by reason of the prominence of the color green employed in painting the seas. hence the name. It is a wooden globe, in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. It is neither signed nor dated, but shows a striking resemblance to Schoner's globe of 1515. [cartographic material]
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Record information – Brief The "Green" or "Quirini" Globe. The name Green was given to it by Gabriel Marcel, by reason of the prominence of the color green employed in painting the seas. hence the name. It is a wooden globe, in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. It is neither signed nor dated, but shows a striking resemblance to Schoner's globe of 1515. [cartographic material]
Hierarchical level:ItemDate:[1515]Reference:Local class no.: H3/10000/[1515], Box number: 2000235543Local class no.:H3/10000/[1515]Type of material:Maps and cartographic materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:4146749Context of this record: -
Record information – Details Date(s):[1515]Place:S.l.:Place of creation:CanadaPublisher:s.n.,Extent:1 map : Facsimile, Photograph of the globe ; 9.8 inches in diameter.Language of material:EnglishAdditional information:Varying form of title:Source:Private -
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