----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hi Alice, The (english) names of parts of the globe can be found in: - Old Globes of the Netherlands / Peter van der Krogt (Utrecht: HES Publishers, 1984), pp.30-31 and 277-279. - Globes from the Western World / Elly Dekker and Peter van der Krogt (London: Zwemmer, 1993) (esp. pp. 168-169 for the coordinate systems) - Globi Neerlandici: The production of globes in the Netherlands / Peter van der Krogt (Utrecht: HES Publishers, 1993). and in the english language articles in the issues of 'Der Globusfreund', published by the Internationale Coronelli-Gesellschaft fuer Globen- und Instrumentenkunde in Vienna, esp. The study and conservation of globes / A.D. Baynes-Cope. In: Der Globusfreund 33-34 (1985/86), pp. 1-80. Peter At 16:04 26-07-96 EDT, you wrote: >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > > O.K. gang, a little summer challenge from one of our readers > > What are all the named parts of a globe? > > Is there a nice illustration somewhere that does this? We do not > really aggressively collect globes here, and the few globe manuals and > texts found, really do not name the various bells and whistles that > might cling happily to your personal globe. > > You know, "horizon ring," "analemma" and all that... > > This seems to be such an obvious thing, but I can't seem to put my > hands on it. Come to think of it, I am not sure anyone has done this > for a typical map either. [Is there a typical map?] > > Alice Hudson > Map Division, NYPL > > YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Dr Peter van der Krogt Map historian, Explokart Research Program FRW-Cartography, University of Utrecht P.O. Box 80.115 3508 TC UTRECHT, The Netherlands e-mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] fax: +31 30 254 0604 or +31 15 212 6063 Cartography homepage: http://kartoserver.frw.ruu.nl/ YYYYYYYYYY PER ANGUSTA AD AUGUSTA YYYYYYYYYY