HARDY, J. -Globe Terrestre Didié et Présénté a Monseigneur le Comté Maubec de Brancas...

Terrestrial globe dated 1741. Complete title "Globe Terrestre Didié et Présénté a Monseigneur le Comté Maubec de Brancas Par Jacque Hardy. Dressé sur les Nouvelles observations de Messieurs de l'Academie Royale des Siences". A second cartouche shows the date : "Se Fait et vend chez Hardy rüe St. Julien le Pauve 1741".

The globe is of particular interest for the naming of the sea between Korea and Japan, here called "MER DE COREE".
In Korea, we find the names R. DE COREE, "Yeheou" and in the south, "Pousan".

Jacques Hardy was an important Parisian manufacturer of globes active from 1738, he worked with his son, who died in 1744, then with his son-in-law Louis Charles Desnos until he died in 1755. His globes have a cartouche traditionally bearing the inscription: “Se fait chez Hardy, Rue St Julien le pauvre vis-à-vis la ville de Rome à Paris".

Provenance: Heirs Castello di Settime – Asti - Italy. The globe was in the family's possession for more than 200 years.