John and William Newton. Newton's New and Improved Terrestrial Globe; Newton's New and Improved Celestial Globe. 1828. 16thcworld24 this map stands among the

this map stands among the most consequential wall maps of the Americas ever produced

Didier de Vaugondy had been trained enough to have published his first pair of globes

Together with his father

as English cartographers sought to challenge Spanish dominance in the Americas and assert their own claims to knowledge and influence over these contested territories

in anticipation that war might break out in Oregon

John and William Newton. Newton's New and Improved Terrestrial Globe; Newton's New and Improved Celestial Globe. 1828. 16thcworld24 this map stands among theNEWTON, John and William (fl. 1818 1830) Newton's New and Improved Terrestrial Globe; Newton's New and Improved Celestial Globe Each globe made up of 2 pairs of 12 hand colored engraved gores, both globes with their original varnish removed, and with occasionally old light spotting. Some stress fractures of the gore surface, some with expert minor restoration. Brass hour rings, diameter 3. 25 inches, at each pole, brass meridian circles, graduated on