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Code 8623
EUR 950.00
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1791469979Code 8623 Small Terrestrial GlobeSmall German globe published by Columbus Schulerglobus, cartographer Prof. Paul Oestergaard, Berlin, Stuttgart, in the 1930s.
Turned and ebonized wooden base. Good condition. Dimensions: 10 x 23 cm - 4 x 9 in.
Founded in Berlin in 1909 by Paul Oestergaard—grandson of globe maker Peter J. Oestergaard—Columbus is the world's oldest globe manufacturer still in operation today. Over the course of more than a century, Columbus has innovated the globe-making industry, and the expertise accumulated over four generations has enabled the company to achieve the status of the world's leading globe manufacturer.
The earliest known terrestrial globe is the one attributed by the historian and geographer Strabo to the Greek scholar Crates of Mallus (c. 150 BC). The first globes of the early 16th century were created in the wake of the great geographical explorations; they were immediately put to educational use in princely courts, monasteries, and colleges, eventually finding their way into universities and schools at all levels. In the 18th century, Didier Robert de Vaugondy—official geographer to King Louis XV of France—drew upon his practical experience in globe-making to expand the *Encyclopédie* entry on "Globe." He provided a detailed explanation of the distinction between a celestial globe (depicting the concave surface of the sky and its constellations) and a terrestrial globe (representing the Earth's surface, including seas, islands, rivers, cities, etc.), as well as the techniques used to construct them.
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Code 8623 Small Terrestrial Globe
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