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Description: | 1971, GEORGE PHILIP & SON LIMITED, LONDON. / Printed in Great Britain.
Made in England by / GEORAMA LIMITED / 12-14 Long Acre, London, W.C.2. / Designers of fine illuminated globes and maps / 30" (76 cm.) DIAMETER / TERRESTRIAL GLOBE / Scale 1: 17,000,000.
Terrestrial globe gores. Geographical details on the gores include scales below the inscription, for statute miles, kilometres and nautical miles. Routes are represented with symbols for the principal shipping routes, for the principal railways, for other railways and for the principle airports. The south magnetic pole is indicated by a cross. A total of eight oceans are named. The overall measurements are for each of the 18 half gores. For full details about the cartography and construction of these gores please refer to the related publication, Globes at Greenwich.
The gores are marked ZBA0325.1-36 and can be viewed via the Whole/Part toggle.
caption: Three half gores, including Pacific Ocean
caption: Terrestrial globe gores | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Globes at Greenwich globe gores Globe gores Georama Ltd Terrestrial globe George Philip & Son | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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