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Article: Small worlds. (antique globes) (includes related articles on antique globe collecting and where to see, buy and learn more about antique globes)
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- Country Living
- Article date:
- October 1, 1997
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1997 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Collectors are responding to the universal appeal of globes.
Although the ancient Greeks used spherical models to represent the surface of the earth, globe production did not begin in earnest until the 15th and 16th centuries. Many of the earliest globes and maps charted the heavens rather than the earth, because 16th-century cartographers could observe a greater expanse of the night sky than they could of their own planet. These celestial globes charted the major constellations, stars, and planets. Once sea explorers were able to replace previous geographic speculation with concrete information about uncharted oceans and unnamed continents, mapmakers could make more accurate ...
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......tribute runs Feb. 14-Mar. 7, $18 for Feb. 2 event, 110 W. 57th St., 718-784- 4520, www.ammi.org. GO THIS WEEK. Quintants, terrestrial globes and 16th-century Portuguese astrolabes are among the GPS marine navigational instruments on view at the Mariner Museum...
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