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Antique Terrestrial Table Globe Johnston #1115978

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Antique Terrestrial Table Globe Johnston #1115978
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This is a fabulous antique Terrestrial Globe! It is marked 8 Inch Terrestrial Globe by W. & A.K. Johnston, Limited Geographers, Engravers, Printers. Edinburgh A.J. Nystrom & Co. Sole United States Agents. Chicago (circa 1917). Below that it reads: Railways, Cabbies, International Date Line, The Value of a Degree of Longitude for each 10th Degree of latitude is stated in Geographical Miles at the 30th Meridian. Printed in Edinburgh, Scotland Copyright. Coated paper gores over plaster. Time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in avocado green with Equinoctial Colure, Ecliptic, tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, isothermal lines and ocean currents. Cast bronze offset bracket with spindle on raised tripod base with paw feet. It is in good condition. There are some scuff marks around the equator most likely from rubbing on the metal ring meridian. There are also some water marks which I think could be easily removed with a professional cleaning ? which would be well worth doing. There is a crack running down from the South Pole through Russian into the Indian Sea. It isn?t loose though in any way ? very sturdy and strong. There is also some plaster showing through about the size of a dime below New Zealand. With all of that said the globe is still gorgeous and quite well preserved for its age. It is sturdy and strong and quite solid. As I mentioned it has an 8 inch diameter and it is approx 15 3/8? high to the top of the Meridian.
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#: an5007</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:Good to Very Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:circa 1917</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Antique Terrestrial Table Globe Johnston</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Northport Maine 04849</td></tr>
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