RAND MCNALLYS HISTORICAL SHIPS GLOBE FROM THE 1970S - RARE LARGE 30CM DIAMETER GLOBE MADE IN THE USA

A RARE 1970S RAND MCNALLY SHIPS GLOBE. LARGE (30CM DIAMETER) GLOBE PRODUCED IN THE 1970S IN CHICAGO USA.

THIS PARTICULAR GLOBE IS OF AMERICAN ORIGIN (RAND MCNALLY) AND IS FAMOUS BY ITS COLOURFUL CHART WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HISTORIC SHIP MODELS. IT'S WONDERFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH A NICE COMPASS ROSE AND 7 COLORFUL SHIPS FROM HISTORIC PERIODS AND VARIOUS CULTURES.

Historical ships like Columbuss ship the Santa Maria, a American Clipper ship the Flying Cloud. A Viking long boat, a Chinese Junk Boat, an Arabian Dhow. Also the Golden Hind, a galleon ship captained by Francis Drake in his circumnavigation of the world between 1577 and 1580. Captain Cooks Ship the Resolution used in his exploration of the Antarctic area. The Resolution made the first recorded crossing of the Antarctic Circle in 1773.

IT IS MOUNTED ON A METAL BASE WITH A METAL SWIVEL AND BRASS MERIDIAN INDICATING LATITUDE (NORTH AND SOUTH OF EQUATOR) AND LONGITUDE (EAST OR WEST OF PRIME MERIDIAN). FITTED WITH A VINTAGE SECURE 2 LEVER LOCK TO PREVENT UNCONTROLLABLE SWIVELING.

MADE IN THE 1970S. IT STILL SHOWS RHODESIA (BECAME ZIMBABWE IN 1980), SUSOUTH WEST AFRICA (BECAME NAMIBIA IN 1990). IT ALSO STILL SHOWS THE SOVIET UNION (BECAME RUSSIA IN 1991).

RAND MCNALLY: Rand McNally one of the great Chicago globe makers did not start out making globes, they first made maps and they entered globe production in the 1880's.

SIZE: LONG 33CM WIDE 44CM HIGH GLOBE DIAMETER 30CM

CONDITION: IN REMARKABLE GOOD CONDITION.STILL SWIVELS FREELY. GRAPHICS AND TEXT IN GOOD CONDITION.

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