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Objekt 3

Earth globe with wooden frame and compass

Object description

Manufacturer: Isaak Bruckner (1686-1762)

Basel, 1722

Maps by Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724)

Nuremberg, early 18th century

Corrections by Johann I. Bernoulli (1664-1748)

Papier-mâché, pasted with paper, compass, wooden base, turned

Inscription/Signature: Hunc globum terrestrem collatum cum mappis Geogr. quatuor partium mundi a Joh. Bapt. Homanns delineatis iisdem accurato respondere deprehensis Joh. Bernoulli math. P. P. Bas. Prostat apud Isaacum Brucknerum Basil

Gift of Theodor Bernoulli-Bider, Basel

Inv. 1893.163.

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