12" Terrestrial
Globe
Cram,
George F. Co. 12 Inch Terrestrial Globe. Natural Scale 1 = 41,420,882 One Inch =
653 Statute Miles. 69.17 mi. Length Of A Degree Of Longitude, Shown At Each 10
Degrees Of Latitude At Meridian 30 W. Spellings Conform To Official Rulings Of
U.S. Dept. Of Commerce Geographic Section And Permanent Committee Royal
Geographic Society. Indianapolis, Indiana. c1933.
12 inch hollow orb dressed
with plaster with dull gores. Oceans in light blue, Ecliptic, Equinoctial Colure
and large analemma scale in Pacific. Time dial at North Pole. Without meridian.
Axis pivoting from an offset ornamental bronzed metal bracket on short walnut
turned trumpet form wood plinth rising from octagonal walnut base. Legible map
surface with the short title on an oval lettering label in Indian Ocean.
Nautical distances shown in red and International Date Line. Shows Chosen
(Korea), and British Empire colored pink. Attractive base.
ITEM# 08991
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