Beschreibung:

RAND, McNALLY & Co., Chicago, 1891 Rand, McNally & Co.'s NEW EIGHT-INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE An 8-inch (20.2cm.) diameter terrestrial table globe made up of twelve chromolithographed paper gores, the meridian of Greenwich and equinoctial colure graduated in degrees, the equatorial graduated in degrees and hours, the ecliptic graduated in days of the houses of the Zodiac with symbols, the oceans with an analemma and showing ocean currents and isothermal lines with degtrees in Fahrenheit, the Antarctic with little coastline and a section near Termination Island labelled Ice Barrier , a note near Wilkes Land reading Copyright 1891 by Rand, McNally & Co. , the continents with nation states delicately coloured in green and yellow and showing rivers, mountains, deserts, towns, cities and the Great Wall of China ( some scratches and discolouration ) with a tin hour dial, raised on a short iron support to baluster turned fruitwood column and circular stepped plinth base -- 14.3/8in. (36.5cm.) high