James Wyld (1812 - 1887) [Globes by Malby and Son.].
A Terrestrial Globe; A Celestial Globe.
Diameter 18 inches (45 cm).; Overall height 41 inches (104 cm).
London, 1833.

A fine pair of library globes each made up of two sets of twelve engraved globe gores, hand-colored in outline with title cartouches, later varnish. Title cartouche with Wyld's imprint has been pasted over by an original Malby. Brass hour circles and meridian circles, each with an engraved graticule to one face. The globes mounted on their original elegant English mahogany tripod stands, original compasses with pointers, papered horizon bars supported by four quadrants, with central turned wooden pillar and curved feet and brass shoes and castors.

A fine pair of attractive library globes on distinctive English-style stands by James Wyld. The terrestrial globe shows the course of the Florida Stream (Gulf Stream) current, the Atlantic also marking lines of magnetic variations. Shows a table of the estimated population of the world compiled by G.S. Brent, fellow of the Statistical Society of London. Populations of the world are divided into Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. U.S. population was approximately 23.5 million. It also includes listings of surface area, religions, vegetables, and animal species. The coastline of Antarctica accurately depicts the new discoveries of Grahamland, South Victoria, Adelieland, Sabrinaland, and Enderbyland. Part of this coast was seen by Kemp in December of 1833. The geography of Africa is particularly interesting. On the cusp of European exploration into the interior, it shows tribal areas, several of the east African lakes, and the coast of east Africa marked as the dominions of the imam of Muscat. The globe has a fascinating depiction of the western states of America as well, where the outline of Washington, Oregon, California, and New Mexico, and Nebraska are firmly in place. Utah covers the rest of the Rockies and Western Plains. It also has an analemma. Wyld was among the leading English map and globe makers of the early 19th Century. This kind of globe became an essential element in the decoration of a library or study.