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Code 8206
EUR 1200.00
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1752658589Code 8206 Pair BookendA pair of bentwood bookends holding two globes, one celestial and one terrestrial, German manufacture from the 1950s, signed Columbus Schülerglobus. Bookend dimensions: 14 x 10.5 x 16.5 cm - 5.5 x 4.2 x 6.5 inches; globe diameter: 10.5 cm. Good condition, excellent legibility.
Founded in 1909 in Berlin by Paul Oestergaard, grandson of Peter J. Oestergaard, who produced globes in the late 19th century, Columbus is the oldest globe manufacturer still in operation today. For over a century, Columbus has innovated the globe manufacturing industry, and the experience accumulated over four generations has allowed Columbus to achieve the status of the world's leading globe manufacturer.
The first recorded terrestrial globe is the one attributed by Strabo, historian and geographer, to the Greek Crates of Mallo (c. 150 BC). The first globes, constructed in the early 16th century under the impetus of great geographical explorations, immediately began to be used for educational purposes in princely courts, monasteries, and colleges; the globe later began to conquer universities and high schools. In the 18th century, Didier Robert de Vaugondy, the official geographer of Louis XV, King of France, drawing on his experience in globe construction, expanded the article "Globe" in the Encyclopédie by detailing 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 its seas, islands, rivers, cities, etc.) and the techniques for making them.
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Code 8206 Pair Bookend
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