Pair of pocket globes signed “CARY London”.
- Terrestrial globe whose cartouche indicates “Cary’s Pocket globe agreeable to the latest discoveries London – Published by J &W Cary April 1791” with mention nearthe Sandwich Islands “where Cook was killed 1779”. The fish skin case presents for one "A TABLE of Latitudes & Longitudes of Places not given on this Globe" and for the other "the WORLD as known in Caesar's Time agreeable to d'Auville".
Dimension : diameter of the case of 8.9 cm.
London dated 1791.
- Celestial globe signed “J&W CARY Strand” orange interior case.
Dimension : case diameter of 8.6 cm.
London circa 1791.
Literature: Globe manufacturing business started by two brothers John (1755-1835) and William (c. 1759-1825) Cary. The brothers were already successful in their own trades: John as an engraver and card seller, William as a highly regarded instrument maker.
The two brothers continued to keep their other businesses separate, but the company's location on The Strand was also their own workplace. Around 1820, John moved elsewhere, leaving the business of making globes to his sons, who signed their globes George and John Cary (1821-1850).
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Reference : Mar 2028
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