3D Geography

Any 18th-century cartographer worth his salt would probably have always carried with him a small, 7.5-centimetrediameter pocket globe, stored in its shell painted with the map of the sky.

Any 18th-century cartographer worth his salt would probably have always carried with him a small, 7.5-centimetrediameter pocket globe, stored in its shell painted with the map of the sky.

This object, a synthesis of art and science, represents just a taste of the rich patrimony of globes and spatial representations of earth and sky on show at the Museo Correr in Venice until February 29, 2008. Silvia Monaco

Until 28.03.2008
Sfere del cielo, sfere della terra
Museo Correr
San Marco 52, 30124 Venezia
http://www.museiciviciveneziani.it

3D Geography

Any 18th-century cartographer worth his salt would probably have always carried with him a small, 7.5-centimetrediameter pocket globe, stored in its shell painted with the map of the sky.

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