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Chapter XIV: The Technic of Globe Construction--Materials and Methods (4)

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Dresden,
Math. Phys. Salon (Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon), I, 30
(Mohammed ben Muwajed el Ordhi); 156 (Heyden); 158 (Praetorius);
181 (Roll and Reinhold); 215 (B. F.); II, 44 (Blaeu);
111 (Coronelli); 150 (Valk); 162 (Doppelmayr); 162 (Puschner)

Dürer, Albrecht, on globe-gore construction, II, 202, 203

Ecliptic Mounting, II, 145

Edrisi, famous Arabic geographer, I, 27;
references to so-called globe of King Roger, 27;
comments on the earth as a sphere, 33, n. 3

Egedian Gymnasium, Nürnberg, II, 159

Equatorial mounting, II, 145

Eratosthenes, represents curved surface of the earth on a plane, I, 5;
his measurement of the earth, 5;
idea concerning a spherical earth, 7;
probably made use of an armillary sphere, 18

Escorial, possessed at one time an Apianus globe, I, 176

Este Family of Ferrara, interest in geographical discovery, I, 61, 62

Estrées, Cardinal d', induces Coronelli to construct a large globe for
Louis XIV, II, 99

Eudoxus, I, 14; made use of celestial globe, 15

Fabriano, Agabiti Museum (Museo Agabiti), II, 59 (Greuter).
Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 59 (Greuter)

Faenza, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 111 (Coronelli)

Faletti, Giacomo, purchases a globe from Cardinal Bembo, I, 120

Fano, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 27 (Blaeu);
111 (Coronelli)

Fermo, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 86 (Moroncelli)

Ferrara, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 59 (Greuter).
Dukes of, their interest in geographical discovery, I, 61, 62

Ferrero, Cardinal Gian Stefano, presents a globe to Pope Julius II,
I, 63

Fickler, his inventory including globes in library of Munich, I, 177

Finale, Episcopal Seminary (Seminario Vescovile), II, 118 (Coronelli)

Fischer, Professor Joseph S. J., discovers copy of Waldseemüller map
1507, and publishes same in facsimile, I, 67, 69;
cited, 199, 200;
co-editor with E. L. Stevenson of Jodocus Hondius world map of
1611, II, 67

Flamsteed, John, English astronomer, II, 179

Florence, Museum of Ancient Instruments (Museo di Strumenti Antichi),
I, 28 (Ibrahim); 155 (Volpaja); 162 (Danti); 168 (Cartaro);
180 (Platus); 213 (Santucci); II, 44 (Blaeu); 114 (Coronelli);
140 (Delisle); 165 (Torricelli).
Library Jodoco del Badia, I, 115 (Vopel).
Library Marquis Bargagli, II, 118 (Coronelli).
Laurentian Library (Biblioteca Laurentiana), I, 166 (Anonymous).
Library Sr. Lessi, II, 14 (Hondius-Rossi);
45 (Lud. Sem.).
Library Professor Giovanni Marinelli, I, 152 (Florianus).
Marucellian Library (Biblioteca Marucelliana), II, 118 (Coronelli).
National Library (Biblioteca Nazionale), I, 166 (Anonymous);
II, 118 (Coronelli).
Library Santa Maria Nuova, II, 59 (Greuter).
Astronomical Observatory (Osservatorio Astronomico), II, 41 (Blaeu).
Technical Institute (Istituto Tecnico), II, 44 (Blaeu);
63 (Greuter); 153 (Bion)

Florianus, Antonius, peculiarities of his globe gores, II, 207

Franciscus Monachus, his hemispheres, I, 96

Frankfurt, City Historical Museum, I, 82 (Schöner); II, 140 (Andreae);
265 (Klinger); 272 (Van Langren). Joseph Baer, II, 263 (Greuter)

Frederick II of Denmark, patron of Tycho Brahe, I, 184

Frederick, Duke of Holstein, Gottorp globe constructed for, II, 73, 74

Frederick II of Sicily, directs the construction of a celestial globe
of gold, I, 39;
his astronomical tent, 40

Frobisher (Forbisher), Martin, explorer, II, 38, 39, 63

Fugger, Raymond, Augsburg patrician and patron, I, 110, 111

Gallus, C. Sulpicius, describes a globe, I, 15, 16

Gemma Frisius, his relations to Mercator, I, 103, 104, 105

Geneva, Musée Ariana, I, 201 (small globe)

Genga, Library Sr. Luigi Belli, II, 60 (Greuter)

Genoa, Mission Brothers (Frati della Missione), II, 44 (Blaeu).
City Museum (Museo Civico), II, 114 (Coronelli).
Franzoniana Library (Biblioteca Franzoniana), II,
118 (Coronelli)

Geography of the Ancients, works cited treating of, I, 11, n. 4

Gerbert (Pope Sylvester II), made use of celestial globes and
armillary spheres, I, 38, 39;
his purpose to construct a globe, 39

Germanus, Donnus Nicolas, his map projection, II, 201

Germany as a center for the spread of information concerning the New
World, I, 67

Ghent, University Library, I, 210 (Van Langren); II, 144 (Valk)

Gimma, Abbot, reference to Coronelli globes, II, 119

Glareanus, Henricus, proposals for globe-gore construction, II, 204,
205

Globe-goblets, interest in their construction in second half of
sixteenth century, I, 198;
examples of, 199-201

Globes, definition by Leontius, I, 23;
materials entering into the construction of, 15, 40, 41, 56, n. 8,
59, 60, 133, 201;
used for decorative purposes, 60, 61, 154, 199;
importance of globe legends (see the many citations);
globe clocks, 173-175, 197, 216;
globe gores, their use in globe construction, 60;
praised by Ruscelli, 155, 204-207;
globe making in sixteenth century, general summary, 172, 173;
used by navigators, II, 1,
shifting of interest in, 1;
striking tendencies in their construction in second half of
seventeenth century, 72, 73 (Gottorp), 77 (Coronelli), 99,
104, 141;
relative position of stars and constellations as represented on
celestial globes, 209-211;
uses and value as expressed by Joseph Moxon, 125;
moon globes, 215-217

Glockenthon, draughtsman of map on Behaim's globe, I, 48

Gnomon, its construction and use, I, 18

Gonzaga, Curtio, constructs a large globe, I, 154

Göttingen, Library Dr. Baumgärtner, II, 26, 27 (Blaeu).
Geographical Institute, II, 162 (Doppelmayr); 180 (Akerman).
University Library, II, 162 (Puschner)

Gottorp globe, striking peculiarities of, II, 73, 74

Gran Casa del Frari, center of Coronelli's activities, II, 98

Greeks, reduced map making to a real science, I, 3;
survival of their ideas of a spherical earth during middle
ages, 35

Greuter, Mattheus, copied much from Blaeu, II, 57

Groland, Nikolaus, a patron of Behaim in the construction of his
globe, I, 48

Grotta, Ferrata, Badia of Santa Maria, II, 63 (Greuter)

Grüniger, Johann, printer of Strassburg, I, 71, 72

Guastalla, Maldotti Library, II, 159 (Nollet)

Gubbio, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 59 (Greuter)

Gustavus II, King of Sweden, Blaeu dedicated to him his globe
of 1622, II, 42

Habrecht, Isaac and Josias, globe and clock makers of Schaffhausen,
I, 174

Hainzel, Johan and Paul, assisted Tycho Brahe in globe construction,
I, 184

Hakluyt, allusion to a globe at Westminster, I, 98

Hartford, Library Mrs. C. L. F. Robinson, II, 254 (Bonne)

Hartmann, George, his the earliest example of engraved celestial
globe gores, 1535, I, 117

Hecataeus, I, 4

Heelmstrech, Jacob, explorer, II, 40

Henry the Navigator, his leadership in maritime enterprise, I, 46

Hercules I, Duke of Ferrara, I, 62

Heriot, Thomas, explorer, I, 210

Herlin, Christian, friend and teacher of Conrad Dasypodius, I, 174;
on the commission to restore the Strassburg clock, 174

Herodotus, quoted, I, 4

Hevelius, Johannes, star maps used by Eimmart, II, 124;
by Valk, 145, 149, 209

Hipparchus, great astronomer, I, 5;
improved the gnomon, 18;
constructed a celestial globe, 19

Holzschuher, George, member of Nürnberg City Council, I, 47;
supervises the construction of Behaim globe, 48

Homann, Johann Baptista, named Imperial Geographer, II, 155

Homer, said to have considered the form of the earth as that of a
circular disc, I, 4

Hondius, Jodocus, refers to the superiority of his globes, I, 208

Hondt (Hondius), Oliver de, father of Jodocus Hondius, II, 2

Houtmann, Frederick, astronomical observations of, followed by
Van Langren, I, 211;
by Hondius, II, 12;
by Blaeu, 26, 29, 67;
by Coronelli, 108

Hudson, Henry, reference to his discoveries, II, 15, 17, 39, 40, 63

Hulagu Khan, I, 28; his observatory at Maragha, 28

Hunt, Richard, once owner of Lenox globe, I, 73

Hveen, island given to Tycho Brahe, where he erected his observatory
Uranienburg, I, 184

Imola, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 63 (Greuter);
164 (Anonymous)

Ionic school of philosophers, I, 14

Isabel of Este, I, 62

Italians, favorable to manuscript globes, II, 200

Italy, its people increasingly interested in maritime exploration
in fourteenth and fifteenth century, I, 46

Ivrea, Episcopal Seminary (Seminario Vescovile), II, 164 (Anonymous);
263 (Greuter)

James, Thomas, explorer, II, 17

Jomard, E. F., obtains an Arabic globe in Egypt, I, 31

Julius I (Pope), globe belonging to, I, 62

Kahira, Public Library, I, 28 (Ptolemy)

Kepler, Johann, reference to Apianus globe, I, 177

Ko-Shun-King, Chinese astronomer and globe maker, II, 129

Kúblai Kaan, interested in globe making, II, 128

Lactantius, allusion to Archimedes' globe, I, 17

Laon, City Library, I, 51 (Laon globe)

Latitude and longitude, methods of determining, II, 141, 142, 171,
n. 12

Lattré, map engraver, II, 182

Leiden, University Library, II, 27 (Blaeu); 66 (Janssonius).
Bodel Nyenhuis, II, 252 (Belga)

Leipzig, Karl Hiersemann, II, 254 (Bühler); 257 (Coronelli);
258 (Delamarche); 260 (Ferguson); 265 (Klinger); 270 (Senex)

Le Maire, Jacob, explorer, II, 31, 32, 38, 46, 51, 63

Leontius Mechanicus, I, 21;
a maker of globes and writer on globe construction, 22, 23

Leowitz, Cyprian, I, 184

Libri, Francesco, globe maker, I, 100

Liechtenstein, Prince of, his globe gore maps, I, 71, 75

Linschoten, John Hugo, explorer, II, 38, 39, 46

Loano, Library Lorenzo Novella, II, 194 (Cary)

London, British Museum, I, 150 (De Mongenet); 150 (Florianus);
II, 31, 44 (Blaeu); 114, 119 (Coronelli); 152 (Senex); 156 (Morden);
183 (Lane); 185 (Adams); 177 (Hill); 194 (Cary); 250 (Anonymous).
Royal Asiatic Society, I, 29 (Mohammed ben Helal).
Middle Temple, I, 190 (Molyneux).
Library S. J. Phillips, I, 218 (Gessner).
Library Sir A. W. Franks, II, 250 (Anonymous)

London Company, its territorial jurisdiction represented on Hondius
world map, 1611, II, 41, 70, n. 44.

Longitude, on efforts to determine referred to, II, 10, 36, 68, n. 9,
139

Longomontanus (Severin), pupil of Tycho Brahe, I, 184

Louis XIV, Coronelli dedicates to him his great globe, II, 100, 101

Loxodrome (Rhumb) lines, represented by Mercator, I, 128;
by Hondius, II, 7;
by Blaeu, 28, 35;
by Habrecht, 52;
their purpose and their representation, 208, 209

Lucca, Library Sr. Giannini, II, 8 (Hondius).
Governmental Library (Biblioteca Governativo), II, 59 (Greuter);
44 (Blaeu); 177 (Vaugondy). Machiavellian Liceum, II,
184 (Messier)

Macerata, Episcopal Seminary (Seminario Vescovile), II, 61 (Greuter).
Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 156 (Seutter).
Library Vittorio Bianchini, II, 194 (Cary)

Madrid, Royal Library (Biblioteca Real), II, 152 (Senex);
119 (Coronelli); 141 (Delisle); 186 (Adams); 253 (Blaeu)

Magellan, Ferdinand,
demonstrates his plan by use of a globe, I, 81;
influence of his voyage on idea of American-Asiatic connection,
96, 109, 110

Maine, Duchesse of, Nollet dedicates to her his terrestrial globe
of 1728, II, 158

Maiollo, Vesconte de, map of 1527, I, 105

Malcolm, Sir John, presents Arabic globe to Asiatic Society, I, 29

Mandeville, Sir John, I, 193

Manhattan, oldest dated map reference to as an island on Blaeu globe,
1622, II, 41

Mantua, Gonzaga Library, II, 59 (Greuter); 111 (Coronelli)

Map making, reform in, II, 137, 138, 139. 151, 171, n. 5

Maps, early Egyptian, I, 2;
early Babylonian, 3

Marinus, introduces idea of inscribing on a map lines of latitude
and longitude, I, 5

Matelica, Private Library, II, 262 (Greuter)

Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange,
Hondius honors with a globe dedication, II, 5;
Blaeu dedicates a globe to him, 25

Maxwell, John, issued atlas with John Senex, II, 151

Mela, Pomponius, geographer and map maker, I, 5

Mellinus, Paulus, Rossi dedicates to him a globe, II, 14

Mercator, Gerhard,
his important maps of 1538, I, 125;
of 1554, of 1564, of 1569, 126;
peculiarities of his globe gores, 128;
reasons for his belief in an austral continent, 130

Meridian, Prime,
its location and efforts to determine same,
by Hondius, II, 11;
by Blaeu, 36, 37;
by Plancius, 48, 52;
by Greuter, 57;
by Moroncelli, 89;
by Coronelli, 110;
Coronelli cites Eratosthenes, Marinus, Ptolemy, Aboulfeda,
Alfonso, Pigafetta, Herrera, Copernicus, Reinhold, Kepler,
Longomontanus, Lansberg, Ricciola, Janssonius;
by Moxon, 127;
by Nollet, 158

Messina, University Library (Biblioteca Universitario), II, 59 (Greuter)

Middle Ages,
lack of interest in fundamental principles of geographical and
astronomical science, I, 35;
attitude toward the Bible as the true source of geographical
knowledge, 36;
survival of Aristotelian doctrine of a spherical earth, 36;
theories did not call for an interest in globes, 36, 37

Milan, Ambrosiana Library (Biblioteca Ambrosiana), I, 135 (Gianelli);
II, 65 (Settàla), 66 (Anonymous).
National Library (Biblioteca Nazionale), II, 59 (Greuter);
190 (Delamarche).
Municipal Museum (Museo Municipale), II, 9 (Hondius).
Astronomical Observatory (Osservatorio Astronomico), II, 114
(Coronelli), 180 (Akerman).
Library Prince Trivulzio, I, 150 (De Mongenet).

Modena, City Museum (Museo Civico), II, 59 (Greuter),
97 (Anonymous); 254 (Borsari).
Royal Estense Library, II, 43 (Blaeu).
Library Sr. Remigio Salotti, II, 118 (Coronelli)

Monachus, Franciscus, importance attaching to his hemispheres,
I, 96, 139, n. 8

Monastic schools, geographical and astronomical instruction given
therein, I, 38

Mondovi, Episcopal Seminary (Seminario Vescovile), II, 159 (Nollet)

Montanus, Petrus, noted geographer and friend of Hondius, II, 3

Morono, Philip Antonio, constructed the mechanical parts of Moroncelli
globe, II, 86

Müelichs, Johann, said to have adorned the Apianus globe, I, 178

Munich, Royal Bavarian Court and State Library (K. B. Hof- und Staats
Bibliothek), II, 177 (Anonymous);
178 (Apianus).
Ludwig Rosenthal, II, 262 (Greuter)

Myrica, Caspar, map engraver with Mercator, I, 103, 105

Nancy,
Lorraine Museum, I, 102 (Nancy globe)

Naples, National Museum (Museo Nazionale), I, 15 (Atlante Farnese);
29 (Caissar).
Astronomical Observatory (Osservatorio Astronomico),
I, 182 (Roll and Reinhold); II, 186 (Adams).
National Library (Biblioteca Nazionale), II, 44 (Blaeu);
114 (Coronelli).
University Library (Biblioteca Universitario), II, 111 (Coronelli)

New York, Library William R. Hearst, II, 92 (Anonymous).
The Hispanic Society of America, II, 14 (Hondius); 30, 44 (Blaeu);
50 (Habrecht); 55, 62 (Greuter); 115 (Coronelli); 144 (Valk);
160 (Doppelmayr); 169 (Ferguson); 170 (Moll); 184 (Fortin);
192 (Anonymous); 214, 216 (Oterschaden).
Library New York Historical Society, I, 117 (Ulpius).
Library Henry E. Huntington, I, 213 (Santucci?),
II, 4 (Hondius).
Metropolitan Museum, I, 179 (Emmoser); 201 (Anonymous).
Library J. P. Morgan, I, 106 (Bailly); 201 (Spano).
New York Public Library, I, 74 (Lenox); 79 (Boulengier);
87 (anonymous gores); 148 (De Mongenet); 152 (Florianus);
II, 188 (Hill).
Library Mr. Reed, I, 168 (Cartaro).
Library Professor David E. Smith, II, 250 (Anonymous).
Collection John Wanamaker, II, 251 (Cassini)

Noort, Oliver van der, explorer, II, 28, 37

Northeast passage, referred to, II, 38, 40

Northwest passage, referred to, II, 24, 38;
important searches for the passage mentioned by Blaeu on globe,
1622, 39

Notker Labeo, probably used globes in his monastic school of
St. Gallen, I, 38

Novara, Charles Albert Liceum, II, 190 (Delamarche)

Novi, Dorian Liceum, II, 184 (Fortin)

Nürnberg, German National Museum (Germanisches Nationalmuseum),
I, 48 (Behaim); 53 (Stöffler); 86 (Schoner); 148 (De Mongenet);
133 (Mercator); 158 (Praetorius); II, 4, 5 (Hondius); 27, 30, 44
(Blaeu); 53 (Habrecht); 118 (Coronelli); 150 (Valk); 160, 162
(Doppelmayr); 251 (Anonymous); 254 (Bode); 255 (Caucigh); 259 (Faber);
264 (Hahn); 264 (Homann); 265 (Jaillot).
City Library, II, 43 (Blaeu); 184 (Messier)

Nutzel, Gabriel, a patron of Behaim in the construction of his globe,
I, 48

Oberglogau, Library Reichsgraf Hans v. Oppersdorf, II, 43 (Blaeu)

Oecumene, the, I, 8

Osimo, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 263 (Greuter)

Padua, Antonian Library (Biblioteca Antoniana), II, 114 (Coronelli).
Physics Museum (Museo di Fisica), II, 59 (Greuter).
Episcopal Seminary (Seminario Vescovile), II, 59 (Greuter);
186 (Adams).
Astronomical Observatory (Osservatorio Astronomica), II, 186 (Adams)

Palermo, Archbishop of, receives a globe from Franciscus Monachus,
I, 97

Palermo, National Library (Biblioteca Nazionale), II, 114 (Coronelli).
Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 42 (Blaeu); 63 (Greuter);
171 (Ferguson).
Astronomical Observatory (Osservatorio Astronomico), II, 182
(Lalande).
Nautical Institute (Istituto Nautico), II, 255 (Cassini);
190 (Delamarche)

Palestrina, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 263 (Greuter)

Paliano, Duke of, possessed a globe, I, 152

Pappus, defines mechanicians as those who understand globe making,
I, 17

Parias, Schöner's explanation of its location, I, 85, 88

Paris,
Astronomical Observatory, I, 133 (Mercator).
National Library (Bibliothèque Nationale), I, 31 (Mohammed Diemat
Eddin); 76 (Green globe); 98 (Gilt globe); 105 (Bailly); 106, 107
(Anonymous); 108 (Schiepp); 111 (Wooden globe); 150 (De Mongenet);
210 (Van Langren); II, 100 (Coronelli); 151 (Senex); 187 (Hill);
188 (L'Écuy)

Parma, Palatin Library (Biblioteca Palatina), II, 59 (Greuter);
178 (Vaugondy).
Library Marquis Costerbosa, II, 179 (Desnos).
Meteorological Observatory (Osservatorio Meteorologico), II, 184
(Messier)

Passeriano, Library Count Manin, II, 111 (Messier)

Pavia, Physics Museum (Museo Fisica), II, 162 (Doppelmayr).
University Library (Biblioteca Universitario), II, 192 (Rosa).
Foscolo Liceum, II, 192 (Rosa)

Pescia, Cathedral Library (Biblioteca Capitulare), II, 263 (Greuter)

Peking, Astronomical Observatory, II, 129 (Anonymous);
129 (Ko-Shun-King); 131 (Verbiest)

Pergamum, Crates exhibits his globe in, I, 8

Perioecians, referred to by Crates, I, 8

Perrenot, Nicolás, suggests to Mercator the construction of a globe,
I, 127, 129

Perugia, Library Count Conestabile, II, 61 (Greuter).
Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 118 (Coronelli).
Cathedral Library (Biblioteca Capitulare), II, 255 (Cassini)

Peter the Great, receives as present the Gottorp globe, II, 74

Petri, Nicolas, issues a manual for the use of Van Langren globes, I,
205

Petrius, Cornelius, Blaeu dedicated to him his globe of 1606, II, 30

Petrograd, Imperial Library, I, 32 (Ridhwan)

Piacenza, Library Alberoni College, II, 179 (Desnos)

Picard, Jean, improves map making, II, 138

Piccolomini, Alessandro, refers to globes and globe making, I, 152

Piloni, Count, once possessed two globes of early sixteenth century,
I, 79

Pinzon, Vincente, Yañez, I, 207

Pisa, Certosa, II, 257 (Coronelli)

Piticchio, Library Cav. Giampieri-Carletti, II, 61 (Greuter)

Plancius, Peter, map and globe maker, II, 46;
his large world map of 1592, 46

Pliny, reasons for believing the earth to be a sphere, I, 10

"Plus Ultra," motto of the Argonauti of Venice, II, 98

Polo, Marco, I, 46, 206

Pontanus, Isaac, refers to globe of Brahe, Danti, and Santucci, I, 163

Porcelaga, Zurelio, sends a globe to Roscelli, I, 153

Portogruaro, Episcopal Seminary (Seminario Vescovile), II, 18 (Hondius)

Prato, Library Marquis Gherardi, I, 133 (Mercator)

Precession of Equinoxes, II, 91, 141, 172, n. 11;
method of representing by Cassini, 142

Ptolemy, Claudius,
foremost ancient map maker, I, 5;
maps not popular in middle ages, 5;
demonstrates the utility of lines of latitude and longitude, 10;
gives information on construction and use of the astrolabe, 19;
his ideas on globe construction, 19, 20, II, 198;
his atlases, I, 12, n. 15;
his forty-eight constellations, 24, n. 14

Pythagoreans, their arguments supporting the spherical theory, I, 6

Rad, Christopher, constructed the globe of Christopher Treffler,
II, 94

Raleigh, Sir Walter, I, 194

Ravenna, Classense Library (Biblioteca Classense), II, 114 (Coronelli);
186 (Adams)

Reggio, Cathedral Library (Biblioteca Capitolare), II, 59 (Greuter);
114 (Coronelli).
Spallanzani Liceum, II, 178 (Desnos); 96 (Maccari)

René, Duke of Lorraine, patron of culture and learning, I, 68

Reymer von Streytperg,
Canon Church of Bamberg, I, 86;
Schöner dedicates to him his globe of 1523, 86

Riccioli, Giovanni Battista, improves map making, II, 137

Rimini, Gambalunga Library, II, 42 (Blaeu).
Episcopal Seminary (Seminario Vescovile), II, 11 (Hondius);
255 (Cassini); 190 (Viani)

Ringmann, Philesius, member of St. Dié coterie, I, 68

Roger of Sicily, said to have possessed a silver globe, I, 27

Romano, Giulio, said to have decorated globe of Pope Julius II, I, 64

Romans, not especially interested in globe making, I, 20, 21;
globes represented on Roman coins and medals, 21, 24, n. 17

Rome, Astronomical Museum (Museo Astronomico), I, 134 (Mercator);
150 (De Mongenet); 168 (Cartaro); 205 (Van Langren); II, 48
(Plancius); 14 (Hondius); 59 (Greuter); 65 (Heroldt); 118
(Coronelli); 124 (Eimmart); 156 (Seutter); 154 (Bion); 159
(Nollet); 185 (Adams); 189 (Scaltaglia); 190 (Viani); 179 (Costa);
154 (Cartilia). Angelica Library (Biblioteca Angelica), II, 27
(Blaeu). Alessandrina Library, II, 84 (Moroncelli). Barberini
Library (Biblioteca Barberini), I, 180 (Platus); II, 42 (Blaeu);
13 (Hondius); 44 (Ferreri). Campidoglio Observatory, II, 194
(Cary). Casanatense Library, II, 89 (Moroncelli). Chigi Library,
II, 44 (Blaeu); 59 (Greuter). Victor Emanuel Library, I, 151
(Florianus); II, 165 (Anonymous); 59 (Greuter); 118 (Coronelli).
Lancisiana Library, I, 165 (Barocci); II, 120 (Giordani); 114
(Coronelli). Palace Prince Massimo, II, 80 (Benci). Vallicellian
Library, II, 268 (M. P.). Library Count Vespignani, II, 194
(Gary). Vatican Observatory (Osservatorio Vaticano), I, 62 (Julius
II)

Rosenthal, Ludwig, possessed as dealer certain old globes, I, 147

Rosselli, Alexander, map and probably globe gore printer, I, 64

Rosselli, Francesco, map printer of Florence, I, 64

Rossi, Josef de, II, 13;
Giovanni Battista de, 61;
Dominici de, 63

Rotterdam, Marine School, II, 66 (Keulin); 263 (Greuter)

Rovigo, Concordia Academy (Accademia Concordia), II, 30 (Blaeu)

Rubruquis, I, 46

Rüdlingen, City Library, II, 30 (Blaeu)

Rudolphis, Mons. R., possessed a globe, I, 66

Ruscelli, Girolamo, direction for globe construction, I, 153;
considered globes preferable to maps, 154

Sacrobosco (John of Holywood), I, 43;
supported the theory of a spherical earth, 43

St. Dié, center of interest in geographical discovery and general
culture, I, 68;
its press first prints the name "America", I, 70

St. Gall, globe made for, I, 198

S. Maria a Monte, Palace Sr. Scaramucci, II, 191 (Delamarche)

St. Nicholas, City Archives, I, 133 (Mercator)

Salviati, Cardinal Giovanni, asked Vannelli to construct a globe
for him, I, 66

Salzburg, City Museum, I, 116 (Vopel)

Sandacourt, Jean Bassin de, member of St. Dié coterie, I, 68

Sanderson, William, patron of Molyneux, I, 191

Sanseverino, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 59 (Greuter)

Santa Cruz, Alonso de, location of copies of his 'Yslario,' I, 121;
peculiarities of his globe gores, II, 207

Santucci, Antonio, restores globe of Ignazio Danti, I, 162

Sanuto, Giulio, Venetian map maker, I, 154

Sanuto, Livio, Venetian nobleman and map maker, I, 154

Savignano, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 63 (Greuter);
164 (Anonymous)

Savona, Scuole Pie, II, 44 (Blaeu)

Schimpfer, Bartholomeus, astrologer and teacher of Erhard Weigel,
II, 76

Schöner, Johann, represents a strait south of South America on his
globe of 1515, I, 85

Schouten (Shouten), William van, explorer, II, 27, 31, 38, 51, 63

Scovus, John, the Dane, reference to his visit to Greenland in 1476,
I, 190

Senex, John, proposes a "New globular projection," II, 151

Senigallia, Library Sr. Fronzi, II, 179 (Costa)

Serra S. Quirico, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II,
60 (Greuter)

Seylor (er), Johann, patron of Johann Schöner, I, 83

Siena, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 163, 164
(Anonymous); 184 (Messier); 190 (Delamarche)

Signoria, reference in its records to a globe placed in its orologia,
I, 65, 66

Smith, Buckingham, obtains Ulpius globe in Madrid, I, 117

Soncino, Raimondi de, reference to Cabot's globe, I, 53

Sondrio, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 53 (Habrecht)

Southwest passage, referred to, II, 24

Spilbergen, George, explorer, II, 37

Stabius, Johannes, peculiarities of his map projection, II, 201

Stams, Monastery Library, I, 133 (Mercator)

Stars, remarkable, referred to under "Tycho Brahe," II, 108, 109

Stimmer, Tobias and Josias, assisted in constructing Strassburg clock,
I, 174

Stockholm, Library Baron Nordenskiöld, I, 77 (Nordenskiold gores);
152 (Florianus).
Royal Library, I, 121 (Santa Cruz).
National Museum, II, 53 (Hauer)

Strabo, his suggested proof of the earth's sphericity, I, 6;
his idea as to the proper size of a globe to be useful, 8, 9;
described the use and construction of the astrolabe and celestial
sphere, 19, 20

Strassburg clock, described, I, 176

Sturm, Johann Christopher, teacher of Doppelmayr, II, 159

Subiaco, Monastic Library (Monastero di S. Scolastica), II, 184
(Messier)

Sylvester II, Pope, proposed to construct a globe, I, 39

Syracuse, Meteorological Observatory, II, 171 (Ferguson)

Syrians, belief in a circular earth and opposed to the spherical
doctrine, I, 36

Taisnero, referred to by Roscelli as a globe maker, I, 154

Tassarolo, Spinola Palace, II, 178 (Vaugondy)

Thales, I, 5, 14

Theodorus, Petrus, astronomical observations followed by Hondius,
II, 8, 9, 12

Tiesbach, Gabriel, I, 148

Tiraboschi, allusion to a globe belonging to Cardinal Bembo, I, 120

Tolentino,
Episcopal Seminary (Seminario Vescovile), II, 255 (Cassini)

Torino, State Archives, I, 151 (Florianus).
Academy of Sciences (Accademia delle Scienze), II, 114 (Coronelli).
National Library (Biblioteca Nazionale), I, 163 (Basso)

Toscanella, Episcopal Seminary (Seminario Vescovile),
II, 263 (Greuter).

Toscanelli, Paolo, said to have made use of globes, I, 52

Transit circle, first made by William Cary, II, 194

Treviso, City Library (Biblioteca Civico), I, 151 (Florianus);
II, 13 (Hondius).
Library Canon Luigi Belli, II, 60 (Greuter)

Trieste, City Museum, II, 118 (Coronelli)

Trip, John, J. U. D., globes dedicated to, II, 146

Trithemius, Johannes, purchases a terrestrial globe, 1507, I, 66

Tsarskoe, Selo Castle, II, 74 (Gottorp)

Uranienburg (Uraniburg), name given to Tycho Brahe's observatory, I,
184, II, 19

Urbania, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), I, 134 (Mercator)

Urbino, Cardinal of, possessed a globe, I, 152.
University Library (Biblioteca Universitario), II, 156 (Seutter);
179 (Costa)

Usselinx, William, organizes the West India Company, II, 46

Utrecht, Geographical Institute, II, 254 (Blaeu)

Valencia, Arabic globe constructed in, I, 28

Vannelli, Friar Giuliano, repairs clock and globe in Florentine
Signoria, I, 65;
makes globe for Cardinal Salviati, 66

Van der Noort, Oliver, reference to his voyage, II, 28

Varthema, Ludovico, referred to by Van Langren, I, 206

Veen, Adrian, associated with Hondius in globe making, II, 11, 12, 13

Venice, Marciana Library, I, 151 (Florianus); II, 83 (Moroncelli);
111 (Coronelli).
City Museum (Museo Civico), II, 44 (Blaeu); 114 (Coronelli).
Marco Foscarini Liceum (Museo Marco Foscarini), II, 44 (Blaeu);
143 (Miot).
Quirini Pinacoteca, II, 44 (Blaeu); 178 (Vaugondy).
State Archives, II, 60 (Greuter).
Patriarchal (Seminario Patriarcale), II, 114 (Coronelli).
Patriarchal Observatory (Osservatorio Patriarcale), II, 272
(Vaugondy); 258 (Delamarche).
Library Prof. Maxim. Tono, II, 270 (Seutter)

Verona, Cathedral Library (Biblioteca Capitolare), II, 162 (Doppelmayr)

Verrazano, Hieronimus de, map of 1529, I, 106

Vesoul, birthplace of François De Mongenet, I, 147

Vicenza, Library Count Francesco Franco, II, 44 (Blaeu).
City Museum (Museo Civico), II, 18 (Hondius).
Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 114 (Coronelli)

Vienna, Library Prince Liechtenstein, I, 75 (Hauslab).
Imperial Library, I, 133 (Mercator);
II, 181 (Roll and Reinhold)

Vigevano, Episcopal Seminary (Seminario Vescovile), II, 194 (Cassini)

Vincent of Beauvais, belief in a spherical earth, I, 43

Viseo, Cardinal, possessed a terrestrial globe, I, 152

Volckamer, Paul, a patron of Behaim in the construction of his globe,
I, 48

Vosgian Gymnasium of St. Dié, I, 68

Waldseemüller, Martin, his world map of 1507, I, 69;
allusion in his "Cosmographiae Introductio" to his globe, 70

Washington, National Museum, I, 113 (Vopel).
Library of Congress, I, 115 (Vopel); 152 (Florianus);
II, 112 (Coronelli); 259 (Doppelmayr)

Weigel, Erhard, his proposed names for constellations, II, 77;
peculiarities of his globes, 77, 78

Weimar, Grand Ducal Library, I, 84, 108 (Schöner); 133 (Mercator)

Welser, patrician family of Augsburg, I, 108

Werner, Johann, his map projection, I, 151

William III, King of England, Coronelli dedicates to him his globe
of 1696, II, 115

William, Landgraf of Cassel, patron of science and general culture,
I, 184

Willoughby, Hugo, explorer, II, 38, 39

Windsor Castle, I, 78 (Da Vinci gores)

Wolf, John David, acquires Ulpius globe for New York Historical
Society, I, 117

Wolf, Peter, receives a globe from Johann Stöffler, I, 54

Wolfegg Castle, I, 199 (Gessner); II, 270 (Schöner)

Worcester, American Antiquarian Society, II, 186 (Adams)

Wright, Edward, English geographer, II, 3

Yonkers, Library W. B. Thompson, II, 60 (Greuter)

Zeitung aus Presillig Landt, as a source for Schöner's globe of 1515,
I, 85

Zerbst, Francisceum Gymnasium, I, 103, 105 (Frisius);
I, 140 (Plancius)

Zumbach, Lothar, his reforms adopted by Valk, II, 146, 149

Zürich, National Museum, I, 200 (Gessner)

Zütphen, City Museum, I, 212 (Van Langren)

_1000 copies printed by the Yale University Press under direction of Carl Purington Rollins, in September, 1921._

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