Further Light on the Molyneux Globes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4660779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helen Wallis (corresponding author), Helen M Wallis |
| Year | 1955 |
| Volume | 121 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 304 |
| Publication date | 1955-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1790894 |
| OpenAlex | W2330608191 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
MORE facts about the history of the globes by Emery Molyneux (1592) have come to light since an article on them appeared in the Journal in 1951.1 Their engraver Jodocus Hondius, returning to Amsterdam in 1593, obtained on the first of April 1597 a ten years' privilege to make and publish a terrestrial globe.2 In the same year he published at Amsterdam a translation into Dutch of the 'Tractatus de globis' (1594) by Robert Hues. The very rare first edition of Hondius's translation, printed by the Amsterdam publisher Cornelis Claesz., has the title
Geology · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Geography and Cartography · History and Developments in Astronomy
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1956 - 1997 (42) |
| Highly cited | No |