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| For holiday fun, see The
Santa Map and All
Aboard for Christmas - a yuletide anthology for
all ages filled with railroad memorabilia, stories,
poems and pictures celebrating holiday train rides,
wondrous homecomings and toy trains beneath the trees
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 GLOBE
ORNAMENTS |
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globes are a reminder that holidays are a special time
around the world. The small size fits fits perfectly
on any Christmas tree. |
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| CHRISTMASPHERE |
PEACE
ON EARTH |
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Glass |
| 3" |
2.5" |
| Silk-screened by hand, this sphere provides the look
of glass with the strength and durability of acrylic.
It presents festive red and green land masses, white
names, and gold latitude and longitude markings. This
is an accurate reference tool, showing the names of over
one-hundred cities, continents, and bodies of water. |
This lovely sphere shows
the physical features of the continents and expresses "Peace" in
ten languages. |
| Learn
more how these globes are made |
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REPRODUCTIONS |
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| The AGE OF EXPLORATION |
The EARTH and The HEAVENS
two-globe set |
| Glazed Paper |
Glazed Paper |
| 3.5" |
3.5" |
| Hand applied gores, brass finial and ring |
Hand applied gores, brass finial and ring |
| The maker of the original of this globe
is unknown to us but the globe is a treasure. From
this reproduction you can see the world through the eyes
of Renaissance navigators and scientists. Imagine sailing
the oceans and coming upon unknown lands, disembarking
at undiscovered coastlines. Imagine what exotic cultures
exist beyond the ports of call. Discover the Spice Islands.
Sail to distant Cathay where the streets are reputed
to be paved with gold. Bring back charts and knowledge
for the cartographers in Amsterdam and London who accomplished
amazingly accurate maps. Was California an island. Was
New Holland a continent? Find the trade winds. Discover
an ancient world full of mysteries and the unknown. |
 Gerard
Mercator (1512-1594) is best known for the first use,
in 1569, of the map projection bearing his name. He was
a prolific publisher of maps and atlases, but is known
to have produced one version of a globe pair: a terrestrial
globe in 1541 and a matching celestial globe in 1551. |
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TERRESTRIAL GLOBE
This is a nearly 500-year-old document of early
trade, discovery and exploration and shows the world
through the eyes of a 16th-century traveller and
explorer.
CELESTIAL GLOBE
Newly invented instruments led astronomers to discover
previously unknown stars and constellations. Named
and drawn as mythological figures, they ruled the
heavens of the era.
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