# Terrestrial globe

- By: Willem Janszoon Blaeu (Alkmaar, 1571–1638)
- Date: 1645 - 1648
- Medium: copper (metal), paper, wood (plant material), gypsum
- Classification: globe
- Dimensions: diameter 68 cm
- Credit line: On loan from private collectors
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/NG-C-2014-2-1--02c1e159cc8a59416f529b0bcc7e9a6c)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/YSUyh/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Both Blaeus, father and son, were world famous cartographers. The globes that they made were real showpieces. Naturally, they included the latest discoveries of distant lands, and colonies such as ‘Nieu Nederland’ (New York). Yet there were still unexplored territories in the world. Only a small section of the Australian coast had been charted – by Dutchmen, as the name ‘Hollandia Nova’ indicates.