Untitled (terrestrial globe)
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Coated paper gores over cork. No time dial or meridian. Oceans finished in olive green with ecliptic with scale, tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Hawaii still spelled Owyhee. Shows Pto. Rico in Caribbean. Rises from a turned basswood stand that resembles a large chess piece. Height 6.5". Round brass finial at north pole, orb itself is weighted. Surface has darkened to a warm greenish brown patina, not obscuring a myriad of place names in minutely small type. Shows Damaraland, Great Famaqueland, Ouampo and Walfish Bay (1878) in southern Africa; Great Wall in Chinese Empire; Liu Kiu Is(lands) and Bonin Is(land) off Japan called Nippon; shows (Yellowstone) National Park (1872) in U.S. Probably 150-200 place names legibly dot this miniature globe. A quite attractive and extraordinarily detailed miniature globe. Detailed 3 Inch Table Globe. 1870'S with (Yellowstone) National Park, World's First
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Untitled (terrestrial globe)
Estimate $1,200 - $1,500
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