Terrestrial Globe, W.C. Chewett & Co., lith, Toronto, in the 1860s

This may not have been the first, but it was certainly one of the first globes manufactured in Canada. Chewett began a career in geographic map publishing around 1856, and his company played a major role in the development of map publishing in Canada.

Catalogue entry:
Twelve inch terrestrial globe : constructed from the latest authorities. — Scale [ca. 1:80 000]. — Toronto : W.C. Chewett & Co. Lith. [between 1861 and 1869]. — 1 globe : col., mounted on a wooden stand : 95 cm in diam.

Ref. No.: C-146384