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Description: | GEORAMA LTD/ SPECIALISTS IN/ ILLUMINATED GLOBES/ LIBRARY GLOBE/ STATUTE MILES/ 0, 200, 400, 600/ LONDON AND SWANLEY, KENT/ LONDON GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE/ GEORGE PHILIP & SON LTD. 32 FLEET STREET, LONDON/ Printed & Manufactured in Great Britain/ Copyright.
Terrestrial illuminated globe. Geographical details on the sphere include a cartouche which contains a key showing the symbols used to depict principal shipping routes. These routes include distances in nautical miles, principal transcontinental railways and principal air routes. The globe marks the USSR and Beijing as Peking. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please contact the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
caption: cartouche
caption: sphere and stand | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Georama Ltd illuminated globes Terrestrial globe George Philip & Son | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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