WINDELS, L., Brussels,

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WINDELS, L., Brussels,
GLOBE TERRESTRE 2me Édition dressé d'après les dernières données des GÉOGRAPHES LES PLUS RÉPUTÉS avec illustrations ethnographiques ÉDITEUR L. WINDELS Bruxelles [c.1910]
A 12-inch (30.5cm.) diameter terrestrial table globe made up of twelve coloured printed gores, the equatorial graduated in degrees and hours, the ecliptic ungraduated, the oceans showing ocean currents, cable lines, steamship routes with ports of arrival and departure and the tracks of various explorers including Cook, Columbus, de Gama, La Perouse and Magellan premier voyage autour du monde en 1124 jours, additionally labelled with five illustrations ethnographiques, the continents with nation states delicately coloured in shades of green or yellow according to national possession, showing national and state boundaries, rivers, mountains, cities, towns and railway lines, the Antarctic with projected coastline (some old abrasions) with iron finial on decorative cast iron tripod stand with lion's paw feet -- 21.3/8in. (54.3cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The interesting, if not entirely politically correct, "ethnic illustrations" consist in a short note on where one finds the indigenous peoples of five areas of the globe, accompanied by a simple artist's rendering of the head of a typical example. The five races are: the Race Rouge, the Race Blanche, the Race Noire, the Malais and the Race Jaune. For example, the Malais description reads: En OCÉANIE: Malaisie et Polynesie. En ASIE. Dans la presqu'île de Malacca et les îles voisines.
Austria and Hungary are shown as separated, and Leningrad is labelled St Petersbourg, thus dating the manufacture of the globe to between 1918 and 1924, when St Petersburg became Leningrad.

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