Terrestrial Globes of Salih Hadžihusejnović Muwekit

Abstract

At muwekitnamahs, the institutions which took care of exact time, preserved was a larger number of old astronomical instruments and equipment, such as quadrants, octants, sextants, timepieces, etc. In the paper, special attention has been drawn to two terrestrial globes. Nowadays they are kept in the Collection of Husrev Bey library (being established) in Sarajevo.

Ali the toponyms were written in black indelible ink, in larger letters the names of continents, oceans, states, the North and South Poles, and in smaller letters other toponyms. State borders were not marked, and hydrographical network was very inadequately drawn in. Antarctica, which was stili being searched for at the time the globe was made, was not drawn in either. On the smaller scale globe the contours of Australia were inaccurately drawn in, especially of the southem parts of the continent. Tasmania was presented as a peninsula. Serious errors were committed by the author at drawing in the northem contours, especially for the area of Amhem Land and the peninsula of York. The contours of Africa were quite well drawn in, which also goes for Europe’s and Asia’s contours (except the northern parts of the continent). Also quite well drawn in were the contours of South America, but errors were committed for the northem, north-eastem and north-westem parts of the continent. On the larger scale globe, much better drawn in were the southem contours of Australia, and Tasmania was presented as an islanđ. The contours of Americas were quite precisely drawn in.