Lot Essay
This globe shows the State of Israel, indicating a date of manufacture later no earlier than 1948.
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COLUMBUS-VERLAG, Berlin, late 20th-Century
COLUMBUS ERDGLOBUS Neubearbeitet von Kartograph W. KADEN COLUMBUS-VERLAG PAUL OESTERGAARD K.-G. BERLIN UND STUTTGART
An 8-inch (20cm.) diameter terrestrial table globe, made up of twelve colour-printed paper gores and two polar calottes, the equatorial divided, no ecliptic shown, the countries coloured, the oceans showing major currents and shipping routes (a few pin holes to surface, mark over Kenya), with aluminium half meridian divided into two quadrants on a wooden column and plinth base -- 11½in. (29cm.) high
See Illustration and Detail (trade label)
COLUMBUS ERDGLOBUS Neubearbeitet von Kartograph W. KADEN COLUMBUS-VERLAG PAUL OESTERGAARD K.-G. BERLIN UND STUTTGART
An 8-inch (20cm.) diameter terrestrial table globe, made up of twelve colour-printed paper gores and two polar calottes, the equatorial divided, no ecliptic shown, the countries coloured, the oceans showing major currents and shipping routes (a few pin holes to surface, mark over Kenya), with aluminium half meridian divided into two quadrants on a wooden column and plinth base -- 11½in. (29cm.) high
See Illustration and Detail (trade label)