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Matthäus Greuter, Globo terrestre
Matthäus Greuter, Terrestrial globe

Rome 1632
Paper, wood, brass, cloth; diameter 49 cm, height 152 cm, width 83 cm
Florence, Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, inv. 2701

Globe by the celebrated German engraver active in the Accademia dei Lincei. The globe is dedicated to Prince Jacopo Boncompagni, descendant of Pope Gregory XIII.