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A New Globe of the Earth by L. Cushee.

CUSHEE, L[eonard Compere]
[London,
Sold by Benjamin Cole, Instrument-maker to His Majesty at the Orrery and Globe near Salisbury Court, Fleet Street,
c1760].
Globe, 12 hand-coloured engraved paper gores, clipped at 70 degrees latitude, with two polar calottes, over a papier mâché and plaster sphere, varnished, housed within original shagreen over paste-board clamshell case, with hooks and eyes, lined with two sets of 12 hand-coloured engraved celestial gores, varnished. Terrestrial globe with one or two short splits to the paper and plaster, a bit toned, the case with slight separations to shagreen joins.
Diameter: 70mm (2.75 inches).
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Biography
Leonard Compere Cushee (fl1751-1760) is thought to have been the nephew of Richard Cushee (1696-1733), globemaker, surveyor and publisher (for a biography of Richard Cushee see item 12). Leonard Cushee was apprenticed to Nathaniel Hill (fl1746-1768) in 1751, who in turn had apprenticed with Richard Cushee before publishing his own globes. He was only known to have made one pocket globe independently, working opposite Temple Gate on Fleet Street. He sold his g...

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National Library of Australia (3673780).