COLUMBUS-VERLAG, Berlin

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COLUMBUS-VERLAG, Berlin
ERDGLOBUS Bearbeitet v. Oberrealschuldirektor Dr. NEUSE Gest. im Kartogr. Inst. COLUMBUS-VERLAG G.m.b.H. Berlin-Lichterfelde 3. [c.1909]
A 13-inch (33cm.) diameter terrestrial table globe made up twelve printed coloured paper gores and two polar calottes, the equator and prime meridian graduated in degrees, the ecliptic ungraduated, the oceans showinf warm and cold ocean currents, submarine cable lines, steamship routes with journey time in days and ports of arrival and departure, and the International Dateline, the continents with nation states outlined in various colours and showing railway lines, telegraph lines, caravan routes, the Great Wall of China and other information (several surafce abrasions and discolourations, some paper loss, severe crack to equator from 140 east to 10 west) with engraved brass meridian half-circle, mounted on fruitwood pillar and circular plinth base -- 23in. (59cm.) high

See Colour Illustration and Detail

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Panama gained its independence in 1903, yet on this globe it is shown as still being part of Columbia; the Antrctic here is labelled Scott 1902, recording Scott's expedition on the Discovery, from which he did not return until 1904; the Congo is labelled KONGO STAAT, indicating a date of manufacture prior to 1905, when it became the Belgian Congo. However, further to all this historical data, the firm of Columbus-Verlag G.m.b.H. was not established until 1909. It would seem likely therefore that the fledgling Columbus-Verlag company used slightly out-of-date gores for its first few globes, possibly adding simple informations such as that pertaining to Scott, but choosing not to update larger areas such as Panama.