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Code 8115
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1744467222Code 8115 Terrestrial GlobeTerrestrial globe published for the Dutch market in the early 20th century by the Columbus publishing house, on the cartouche we read: Aardglobe by Dr. R. Neuse. Nederlandsche bewerking van R.E. KALTOFEN Leeraar Rijks H.B.S. Utrecht UITGAVE ERVEN J. BIJLEVELD. Utrecht. Columbus-Verlag G.m.b.H. Berlin Lichterfelde.
In addition to the territorial map, the ocean currents and the main trade routes of the period are depicted.
Papier-mâché sphere complete with engraved brass graduated meridian, oak basket base with compass at the base.
Good condition conservative restoration signs of use. Sphere diameter cm 30 – inches 11.8, base cm 48x62 – inches 18.9x24.4.
Founded in 1909 in Berlin by Paul Oestergaard, grandson of Peter J. Oestergaard who produced globes in the late 1800s, Columbus is the oldest globe manufacturer still in operation today. For more than a century Columbus has innovated the globe manufacturing industry and the experience accumulated over 4 generations has allowed Columbus to achieve the status of the world's leading globe manufacturer.
The first terrestrial globe of which we have news is the one attributed by Strabo, historian and geographer, to the Greek Crates of Mallo (c.a. 150 BC). The first globes at the beginning of the 16th century were built under the pressure of the great geographical explorations and immediately began to be used for educational purposes in princely courts, monasteries and colleges; the globe later began to conquer university environments and high and low schools. In the 18th century, the official geographer of Louis XV, King of France, Didier Robert de Vaugondy, thanks to the practice acquired in the construction of globes, expanded the article "Globe" of the Encyclopédie by illustrating in detail the distinction between a celestial globe (which represents the concave surface of the sky with its constellations) and a terrestrial globe (which instead represents the surface of the Earth with the seas, islands, rivers, cities, etc.) and the techniques for making them. It will be with the 19th century that the great trade, the circulation of men and goods and the introduction of compulsory schooling will make the old method of construction of globes inadequate. Spindles printed from engraved plates are no longer sufficient and the new resource becomes lithography with which it is possible to print and promptly update maps that with the increase of geographical discoveries made in the various countries become obsolete more and more quickly.
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Code 8115 Terrestrial Globe
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