Authentic Models

Globes:

Original charts researched from famous libraries in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Washington, DC.

Historically accurate, terrestrial and celestial globes from famous cartographers Mercator, Hondius, Vaugondy, and Kaerius.

Map sections (gores) are applied on spheres like they did centuries ago.

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Navigator’s Terrestrial Globe

Decorative and well-executed globe from the age of exploration. Stand is detailed turned wood, walnut finish. Exact reproduction of 16th C. Mercator globe, hand applied paper gores.

(10.5" dia. x 11.75"h) $129

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Globe Mobile

Five globes from five centuries, symbolizing
the advancement of cartography, the gradual pushing back of boundaries.

(42.5" x 7" x 35.5") $69

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1745 Ivory Vaugondy Globe

Father, Gilles Robert de Vaugondy, and son, Didier Robert de Vaugondy,
were the leading map makers in France during the 1700s.
Didier was appointed geographer to Louis XV in 1760. Gift packaged, stand included.

(7.5" dia. x 8" h) $25