This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
Celestial miniature globe. Celestial miniature globe. It forms a pair with the terrestrial globe Fortin, GLB0244. Astronomical details on the sphere include a note in a cartouche to the right of an imprint. There is a labelled magnitude table below Hydra,
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National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial hand globe. Terrestrial hand globe. Geographical details on the sphere are the same as those of Fortin GLB0244, and this globe forms a pair with the armillary sphere, Fortin AST0637. Australia and New Zealand are drawn according to the Dutch d
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National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial hand globe. Terrestrial hand globe. Geographical details on the sphere show Australia and New Zealand drawn according to the Dutch discoveries. A dotted line marks a hypothetical north-east, east and south coast of Australia. There are no trac
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National Maritime Museum