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   Molyneux of Lambert
   Emery
   E. M. ; Emery Molyneux of Lambert ;
   Anne (prior to 1596), who was granted a Dutch compassionate pension of 50 florins on 9 April 1599
   
   1550 c. in England
   1598
   Amsterdam, Netherlands
   
   
   apprentice of stationer William Cooke in October 1557
   England, UK
   
   John Davis probably introduced Molyneux to his own patron, the London merchant William Sanderson; Elizabeth I., queen of Great Britain
   knew explorers Thomas Cavendish, Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh & John Davis ;
   geographical and astronomical copperplate engraving ; terrestrial celestial globes, first published in 1592 and the first made in England ;
   various links in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emery_Molyneux ;
   http://www.bellerbyandco.com/blog/bespoke-globemaking/emery-molyneux-first-english-globe-maker/ ;
   Helen M. Wallis: The first English globe: A recent discovery, in: The Geographical Journal 117: 275, (1), (1951) ; A newly-discovered Molyneux globe, in: Imago Mundi 9 (1952): 78 ; Anna Maria Crinò & Helen Wallis: New researches on the Molyneux globes, in: Der Globusfreund 35 (1987): 11-8 ; Focus 1993: 94, 529f.
   English maker of globes, mathematical instruments and ordnance‏ ; Molyneux emigrated to Amsterdam with his wife in 1596 or 1597; he died suddenly in June 1598, apparently in poverty… and the globe-making industry in England died with him.

Further Place of Activity: Netherlands.
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