Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4056701
Area
Maps and globes
Title
Aardglobe C.L. van Balen en J.B. Wolters Groningen
Type
Country of publication
Cartographer / designer
Year
1918
Print Run
Collection / set
Number in collection
Addition to number
Scale
Continent
Country
Not independent areas
Former countries and colonies
Region / province
City
Material
Type of colouring
Language / dialect
Theme
Dimensions
Diameter: 15,7 cm, 4 inch.
ISBN13
ISBN10
Details
A rare Dutch 4-inch diameter table globe Age: approx.1910-1915 Description: Rare ! Very sought after by globe collectors as well as tin toys collectors. Used as a school equipment in the mathematician geography class for the students, to learn about ecliptic, moon & sun positions, zodiac etc. A rare Dutch 4-inch diameter table globe AARDGLOBE door C.L. VAN BALEN J.B. Wolters Groningen Den Haag.. Late 19th/early 20th Century Made up of twelve chromolithographed gores and two polar calottes, the equatorial and Greenwich meridian graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in degrees 0-360 with sigils for the houses of the Zodiac, the continents variously and brightly coloured, with a painted tin meridian circle graduated in four quadrants, contained in a tin drum-shaped table stand, the painted horizon showing degrees, days of the month and of the houses of the Zodiac, and compass directions, the side of the drum painted with astronomical diagrams