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Terrestrial globe by W. A R Johnston London 18" terrestrial globe by W & AK Johnston, London, the sphere with 12 colored lithographic gores, mounted in brass meridian within horizontal ring applied with colored printed zodiac and calendar scales, on a carved mahogany American Federal style paw foot base, 45" tall. The underside of the globe has 1 1/2" circular paper split near Samoa in the Pacific. The top of the globe has 7" paper split through western North America, 3" through Spain and the western Mediterranean, 4" in the Pacific Ocean below the maker's label, and an irregular 1/2" paper loss in Turkistan. There are some other minor imperfections. There are a number of paper losses around the zodiac and calendar scales, see photos for details of this. The base is in excellent condition.
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