Lot Essay
The Antarctic ice mass shows Amundsen a. Sdpol 14.12.1911, whilst Russia bears the legend St. Petersburg, indicating a date of manufacture between 1911 and 1924.
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MANG, Adolf (1849-1933), Stuttgart
MANG'S NEUER ERD-GLOBUS 33cm Durchm. 104cm Umfang. Hergestellt unter wissenschaftl. Mitarbeit d. Prof. Dr. Stricker. STUTTGART AD. MANG'S GEOGR. ASTRONOM. VERLAG. IIIte Auflage
A 13-inch (33cm.) 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 outined, the oceans showing ocean currents and shipping routes and times (e.g. Bordeaux-Dakar-R.d.Janeiro 16Tg.) (some surface abrasions with loss of text, poles worn), mounted on turned wooden column and plinth base with inset compass -- 23½in. (60cm.) high
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MANG'S NEUER ERD-GLOBUS 33cm Durchm. 104cm Umfang. Hergestellt unter wissenschaftl. Mitarbeit d. Prof. Dr. Stricker. STUTTGART AD. MANG'S GEOGR. ASTRONOM. VERLAG. IIIte Auflage
A 13-inch (33cm.) 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 outined, the oceans showing ocean currents and shipping routes and times (e.g. Bordeaux-Dakar-R.d.Janeiro 16Tg.) (some surface abrasions with loss of text, poles worn), mounted on turned wooden column and plinth base with inset compass -- 23½in. (60cm.) high
See Illustration and Detail (trade label)