♥  Decorative and well-executed antique globe globe from the age of exploration. Stand is detailed turned wood, French finish. Exact reproduction of 16th C. Mercator globe, hand applied paper gores.

Gerhard Mercator was a geographer and cartographer who was considered the Ptolemy of his time and was famous until the Arab-Islamic world.

Our Globus "Navigator's Terrestrial Globe" shows a mapping from the time of the 16th Century. The base shows a kite on which the globe is mounted. The card is printed well and offers an exceptionally beautiful reproduction of the map of Gerhard Mercator. He was a geographer and cartographer who was considered the Ptolemy of his time and was famous until the Arab-Islamic world.

The globe is a replication of the maps originally produced in a complicated gravure printing process which offers a distinctive edge to the lines, words and symbols. The globe itself is like the old originals from papier-mâché made​​.

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