In 1867, Charles Larochette and Louis Bonnefont produced a large globe 50 cm in diameter for Delagrave intended for teaching: chosen to embody the quality of French geographic production, it was awarded a medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris. Reductions will be made and disseminated in France, often for educational purposes. Congo is not yet named free state of Congo ( 1877) and is mostly unexplored ( see picture) , Pesth instead of Budapest and omission of the polar island of Frantz Joseph land in the North pole sea (1872), Alaska ( 1867). Overall all of the countries are easy to read and to discern. The printing is really nice and well done , this type of globe belongs to the tradition of globe making of the 19th century : 12 full gores on a solid ball of plaster .The Delagrave globes have been described as a" fine quality engravings with simple, practical cartography" .The Delagrave family were the most preeminent school supplier in France in the 19th .

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