Reproduction Globes

Precious silk ribbon attached to an antique brass finial allows you to hang these anywhere. Classic holiday décor. Combined with our desk stand, this is the perfect gift. Charming size, conveying the same historical detail as our larger globe models.

Father, Gilles Robert de Vaugondy, and son, Didier Robert de Vaugondy, were the leading mapmakers in France during the 1700s. Didier was appointed geographer to Louis XV in 1760 and published globes of various sizes, the biggest with a diameter of 2.6m, 8.5.

Classic globes without a matching compass were considered incomplete. Our wonderfully constructed bronze and wood stand with paper globe includes true reproduction of 17th C. "dry" compass. Twelve paper gores applied to the globe are printed after originals drawn by Gerardus Mercator, the inventor of the Mercator projection, which was used from the 16th C. until the middle of the 20th C. Scientific, decorat...

This small globe in a box is a small scale model of one of the historic globes made by leading mapmakers in France during the 1700s. If we do not have this item in stock we will order it for you from our supplier. Delivery generally takes 3 weeks within the UK. For overseas delivery queries please email [email protected]

A contemporary classic. 1920s Weber Costello globe is displayed on ebonized rosewood stand accented in nickel-plated brass. Colored gores are applied to the globe core by hand with authentic construction and detail.

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