 The celestial globe is dated 1592 , but the terrestrial globe bears the year 1603 and is the only example of its kind . Wallis has surmised that the globes were made by Hondius in Amsterdam in 1603 for a purchaser in England , perhaps the Middle Temple itself . The celestial globe was made from the original 1592 printing plates , while the terrestrial globe was produced using revised plates redated to 1603 . The Middle Temple terrestrial globe differs from the Petworth House globe of 1592 by incorporating Raleigh 's discoveries in Guiana and adding new place @-@ names in Brazil , Peru and Africa , as well as an island marked " Corea " off the coast of China . The most extensive revision altered the Northeast Passage to take account of discoveries made on Willem Barentsz 's third voyage to Novaya Zemlya in 1596 . It appears that the revisions to the original plates of Molyneux 's globe were completed by 1597 , because no discoveries after that year are included . It is possible that Molyneux helped Hondius to update the plates in 1596 or 1597 . For instance , if Hondius had obtained a copy of Raleigh 's map of Guiana , Molyneux was the most likely source . Unlike the Petworth House globe , the Middle Temple globes are heavily varnished . The varnish could have been first applied as early as 1818 when the globes were repaired by J. and W. Newton ; they were certainly varnished by Messrs. Holland Hannen & Cubitts , Ltd. during maintenance work in 1930 . 
