Inventarnummer
AS.1943.009.105
Abteilung
Maritime Sammlung
Titel
Globus
Hersteller
is attributed to: Petrus Plancius
Beschreibung
Petrus Plancius, born Pieter Platevoet in Flanders, was a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church who fled to Amsterdam in 1585. As a mathematician and cartographer, he became a consultant to the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He published a wall chart of the world and launched a globe of the world on the market. Like many scholars of his time he latinized his name.
Datum
1585 - 1599
Objektbezeichnung
terrestrial globe
Material
bronze, oak
Format
diameter: 38 cm (geheel)
height: 38 cm (geheel)
Erwerbsdatum
1943-11-11
Erwerbsmethode
transfer - Museum Steen (Antwerp)