 Ubaldini reported Molyneux 's progress in manufacturing the globes to the Duke of Milan . He was in attendance when Molyneux presented a pair of manuscript globes to Elizabeth I at Greenwich in July 1591 . Ubaldini noted that " he gave her the globe to let her see at a glance how much of the world she could control by means of her naval forces " . According to Wallis , the printed globes , which at 2 feet 1 inch ( 0 @.@ 64 m ) in diameter were then the largest ever made , were published after some delay in late 1592 or early 1593 . Sanderson arranged entertainments at his home in Newington Butts to mark the presentation of these globes to the Queen . His son William later reported the Queen 's words on accepting the terrestrial globe : " The whole earth , a present for a Prince ... " ; and on accepting the celestial globe , she said : " Thou hast presented me with the Heavens also : God guide me , to Govern my part of the one , that I may enjoy but a mansion place in this other . " Elizabeth I saw globes and armillary spheres as symbols of her empire and spiritual mission on earth . The royal coat of arms was emblazoned across North America on the terrestrial globe . 
