Host: The Association of Japanese Geographers
Name : Annual Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers, Spring 2023
Date : March 25, 2023 - March 27, 2023
A pocket globe case kept in Sado Museum was donated by Shibata’s daughter, En in and around 1902. The case had already no globe in 1957. Since the outer diameters of the hook and button sides are 84.22 to 84.05 mm, and the inner diameters are 77.51 to 77.55 mm, respectively, the diameter of the lost globe is smaller than 77.5 mm. The world map in the Caeser era is depicted within the hook side case, and in the button side case, 80 unstated place names on the globe and their latitude/longitude degrees are listed, which differ from the usually sold case by almost other sellers in that time. The East-West misprint of Pico Island in the table shows their inexperience. This case corresponds to that of Cary's 1791 pocket globe and the lost globe is estimated as this photo 6. The diameters are given as 3.5in (Dekker), 78mm (State Lib, SA), 3in (George’s webpage), and 3.5in (Hudson’s webpage), which differ among the authors. It depends on the rounded value. The globe's surface is inscribed with Cook's three voyages and Owyhee, cook's death place, and wrapped with 12 copper-printed, hand-colored and varnished gores, which have the prime meridian at Greenwich, and the name of New Albion. No document has been found to date as to whether the globe was in the Shibata Shûzô's possession or was a gift to Shûzô's daughter, "Enn". A member of the Satsuma envoy to the UK, Matsuki Kouan was five years junior from Shibata Shûzô at Itoh Gemboku private school. Shûzô's diary shows both are close friendships. In addition to the Kakuda's globe, Newton's hand globe is kept in the Museum "Shôkoshûseikan", the latter seems to be a London souvenir by Matsuki, but there is no solid evidence to show the gift to her from him.
