8"
Terrestrial Globe
New Peerless 8 inch globe.
Terrestrial globe. Weber Costello Co. Chicago Heights, IL. 1937.
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Coated paper gores over hollow
Bakelite, time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in varnished light blue with
Equinoctial Colure, Ecliptic, tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Shows nautical
routes and distances in blue, airline distances and routes in red. Violet
bronzetone precisely cast white metal full meridian on unusual fluted trumpet
form base. Shows Manchukuo and Chosen in same color as Japan, Ethiopia
designated as (Italy). World capitals stated in red, shows Graf Zepplin,
Lindbergh and China Clipper flights. Nice condition and unusual.
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