 According to Markham , " the appearance of the globes naturally created a great sensation , and much interest was taken in appliances which were equally useful to the student and to the practical navigator . " The largest and most prestigious globes were priced at up to £ 20 each : these were purchased by royalty , noblemen and academic institutions . Among the purchasers were Thomas Bodley and the Warden of All Souls College , for their libraries in Oxford . William Sanderson presented the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge with a pair each . The public preacher Thomas Laughton made an inaugural gift of a Molyneux globe to the Shrewsbury School library . Smaller globes were also made , though no examples have survived . Sanderson is known to have presented one of these to Robert Cecil in 1595 , together with Hues ' " Latin booke that teacheth the use of my great globes " . Intended as practical navigation aids , they cost as little as £ 2 . 
