Cpt Cook's Journeys Globe - Canberra, ACT, Australia
S 35° 17.427 E 149° 07.776
55H E 693655 N 6092666
With a backdrop of Lake Burley Griffin, this Globe details the journeys made by Captain James Cook.
Waymark Code: WMYNT2
Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date Posted: 07/04/2018
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The Globe is based on 10° Latitude and Longitude circumfrential curved bars, with different coloured curving rods to show the routes taken Captain James Cook. It is in the middle of a shallow fountain, with a sloping concrete wall surround. Around the wall are quite a number (x 22) of brass plaques, which shows where Cpt Cook stopped on the journeys.
"The Terrestrial Globe is about three metres in diameter and shows the three routes of Cook's voyages, which are described on the surrounding handrail. Meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude form this open-cage globe, with landmasses depicted in beaten bas-relief copper.
"The architectural firm of Bunning Madden, which designed the National Library, located on the other side of Lake Burley Griffin, also designed the Captain Cook Water Jet and Globe." (
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Visited: 1540, Sunday, 2 September, 2018