Library World Globe with Floor Stand Antique Reproduction

Description

No Renaissance library, reception room, or merchant’s office was complete without a large globe on a stand. Mapmakers and globe publishers issued new globes every year, keeping clients up to date on the latest discoveries and explorations. New trade routes, new ports of call… even new continents! This 32 cm (12.5”) globe with floor stand is the classical form used over the centuries.
Solid bronze, engraved meridian ring. Hand-applied, exact map reproductions, 12 sections make one whole. Papier-mache sphere finished in plaster of Paris. No other company in the world offers authentic reproductions of similar quality and affordability.  Attention to detail is key.  Am replicates the complicated "gravure" printing process, resulting in the sharpest lines, words, and symbols even on the smallest size globe.  All AM globes are made using original charts, researched by AM for their historical accuracy and visual appeal.  Centuries ago globes were made by gluing copperplate printed gores on a plaster finished papier-mache core.  Given the limited technology available at the time, a complicated production process, and a multitude of specialists involved, it was logical that only the very rich could afford to own globes.  AM's globes offer history at your fingertips and highlight some of the world's most famous cartographers: Mercator, Hondius, Kaerius, and Vaugondy.  This globe is based on a 1745 Vaugondy map. Measures 19" x 19" x 37.75.  (#GL047)
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