Betts' portable terrestrial globe

PART OF:: Two Betts portable terrestrial globes by John Betts

Made:: 1860-1870 in York

supplier:: T. Cooke & Sons

maker:: John Betts

One of two Betts portable terrestrial globes by John Betts
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One of two Betts portable terrestrial globes by John Betts, Strand, London

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Category:: Astronomy

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: 1979-142/2

Materials:: cotton (textile) and metal (unknown)

Measurements:: box (x2): 80 x 745 x 85 mm
globes (x2): 730 x 80 mm

type:: terrestrial globe

credit:: On loan from the Wellcome Trust

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Betts' portable terrestrial globe

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