Robertus de Bailly  Primary tabs  Robertus de Bailly (French,
fl. 1530)  Verrazano Globe, 1530  Gilded copper Diameter 5 1/2
inches (133mm)  Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912  Item
description:   One of the earliest dated globes, this gilded
sphere depicts the world as known from the explorations of
Giovanni da Verrazano, who journeyed to the New World in 1524.
He sailed along the coast from South Carolina to Newfoundland,
becoming the first European since the Norse colonizers of ca.
1000 to visit New York and Narragansett Bay. The globe, executed
by sculptor Robertus de Bailly in 1530, was based on a 1529 map
by Verrazano's brother, Girolamo. Like the map, it identifies
the newly charted North American continent as Verrazana.