Description
The Lenox Globe is a hollow copper globe that measures 112 millimetres (4.4 in) in diameter and 345 millimetres (13.6 in) in circumference. It is two parts, joined at the equator and held together by a wire strung through holes at the poles.
It bears a striking resemblance to the Globus Jagellonicus, also tentatively dated to 1510.
The phrase HC SVNT DRACONES appears on the eastern coast of Asia.
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