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JOHNSTON Ltd, W. & A.K., Edinburgh, (c.1925)
18 inch Terrestrial Globe by W. & A. K. Johnston Ltd, Geographers, Engravers and Printers, Edinburgh
An 18-inch (45.5cm.) diameter terrestrial library globe made up of twelve printed coloured paper gores, the oceans with submarine cable routes, major currents, international date line and an analemma shown; the continents marked with major railways, nations and states delineated as appropriate in various colours with mandate territories shown by bars of colour (some surface abrasions), with tin hour ring and copperized finished cast iron meridian circle mounted on cast iron splayed tripod stand with foliate decoration and lion paw feet -- 32¼in. (82cm.) high
See Colour Illustration and Detail (trade label)
18 inch Terrestrial Globe by W. & A. K. Johnston Ltd, Geographers, Engravers and Printers, Edinburgh
An 18-inch (45.5cm.) diameter terrestrial library globe made up of twelve printed coloured paper gores, the oceans with submarine cable routes, major currents, international date line and an analemma shown; the continents marked with major railways, nations and states delineated as appropriate in various colours with mandate territories shown by bars of colour (some surface abrasions), with tin hour ring and copperized finished cast iron meridian circle mounted on cast iron splayed tripod stand with foliate decoration and lion paw feet -- 32¼in. (82cm.) high
See Colour Illustration and Detail (trade label)