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SIGNED W. & A.K. JOHNSON, EDINBURGH AND LONDON; CIRCA 1907
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A 20th-Century 18-inch English terrestrial Library Globe
signed W. & A.K. Johnson, Edinburgh and London; circa 1907
An 18-inch terrestrial library globe made up of two sets of twelve chromolithographed gores laid on a metal sphere, with graduated equatorial, ecliptic, the oceans with current streams and prevailing winds, the continents with nation states shaded in brown, with towns, cities, rivers and the Great Wall of China, with punched tin hour dial, the brass meridian circle graduated on one sides, the mahogany horizon raised on an Art Nouveau tripod stand.
46 in. (116.8 cm.) high.
signed W. & A.K. Johnson, Edinburgh and London; circa 1907
An 18-inch terrestrial library globe made up of two sets of twelve chromolithographed gores laid on a metal sphere, with graduated equatorial, ecliptic, the oceans with current streams and prevailing winds, the continents with nation states shaded in brown, with towns, cities, rivers and the Great Wall of China, with punched tin hour dial, the brass meridian circle graduated on one sides, the mahogany horizon raised on an Art Nouveau tripod stand.
46 in. (116.8 cm.) high.