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Hand-colored engraving titled Geography showing five globes and sphere projections, with continents tinted pink, yellow and green on pale blue backgrounds.

Geography: projections of the sphere and terrestrial globe, 1807

A hand-colored engraving titled Geography, showing five views of the sphere: three globes drawn in different projections, a central globe of Africa and Asia, and a terrestrial globe in a ringed stand. Pale blue, green, and pink tints mark the continents against fine engraved meridian lines.

Artist
Pass, J.
Date
1 January 1807
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3225 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1807.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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