RAND McNALLY CHICAGO NEW YORK [c.1930] A 12-inch (30.5cm.) diameter terrestrial table globe made up of twelve colour printed paper gores, the equatorial graduated in degrees, the oceans showing steamship routes with ports of arrival and departure and distances in nautical miles, the continents with nation states variouisly coloured and showing rivers, mountains, towns, cities, railway lines and the Great Wall of China (some discolouration and abrasion, approx. 3in. long repair to ocean off the Solomon Islands) with a cast brass meridian circle, the mahogany horizon with colour printed paper ring graduated in degrees, kilometers, miles and days of the houses of the Zodiac, with a semi-circular brass support to moulded brass tripod stand with foliate decoration -- 21in. (53.3cm.) high
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RAND, McNALLY & Co., Chicago, Illinois
RAND McNALLY CHICAGO NEW YORK [c.1930]
A 12-inch (30.5cm.) diameter terrestrial table globe made up of twelve colour printed paper gores, the equatorial graduated in degrees, the oceans showing steamship routes with ports of arrival and departure and distances in nautical miles, the continents with nation states variouisly coloured and showing rivers, mountains, towns, cities, railway lines and the Great Wall of China (some discolouration and abrasion, approx. 3in. long repair to ocean off the Solomon Islands) with a cast brass meridian circle, the mahogany horizon with colour printed paper ring graduated in degrees, kilometers, miles and days of the houses of the Zodiac, with a semi-circular brass support to moulded brass tripod stand with foliate decoration -- 21in. (53.3cm.) high
RAND McNALLY CHICAGO NEW YORK [c.1930]
A 12-inch (30.5cm.) diameter terrestrial table globe made up of twelve colour printed paper gores, the equatorial graduated in degrees, the oceans showing steamship routes with ports of arrival and departure and distances in nautical miles, the continents with nation states variouisly coloured and showing rivers, mountains, towns, cities, railway lines and the Great Wall of China (some discolouration and abrasion, approx. 3in. long repair to ocean off the Solomon Islands) with a cast brass meridian circle, the mahogany horizon with colour printed paper ring graduated in degrees, kilometers, miles and days of the houses of the Zodiac, with a semi-circular brass support to moulded brass tripod stand with foliate decoration -- 21in. (53.3cm.) high