COLUMBUS-VERLAG, Berlin

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COLUMBUS-VERLAG, Berlin
COLUMBUS-VOLKSGLOBUS BEARBEITET VON C. LUTHER COLUMBUS-VERLAG PAUL OESTERGAARD K.-G. BERLIN-LICHTERFELDE [c.1936]
An 11-inch (28cm.) diameter terrestrial table globe, made up of twelve colour printed gores and two polar calottes, the equatorial graduated in degrees, no ecliptic shown, the countries coloured and outlined, the oceans showing major currents and shipping routes (surface rubbed), with aluminium half meridian ring divided into two quadrants, mounted on wooden column and plinth base -- 17¼in. (44cm.) high

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Ethiopia is marked ITALIENISCH OST AFRIKA, indicating a date between 1935 and 1941 when it was occupied by Italy.

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