W.& A.K. Johnston
18-Inch Edwardian Floor Globe
London: c. 1907
48 inches high; 24 1/2 inches diameter
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18-Inch Edwardian Floor Globe
London: c. 1907
London: c. 1907
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The 18-inch terrestrial globe with metal hour disc at North Pole, in full graduated metal meridian, the horizon with engraved paper calendar and zodiac, raised on a mahogany stand in the George II taste, with central baluster standard and three cabriole legs ending in pad feet.
The globe made up of two sets of twelve gores, the equatorial graduated in degrees in both directions, hours and minutes, the ecliptic graduated in days and showing symbols for the houses of the Zodiac, the Greenwich meridian and ecquinoctial colure graduated in degrees, showing Mean Isothermal Lines for January and July, the oceans with an analemma, submarine telegraph cables and ocean currents indicated, the continents finely detailed, with nation states colored in shades of yellow, orange and green, the Antarctic with projected coastline but little detail. Oklahoma is shown as a state, having achieved statehood in 1907, the date of the globe.
W. & A.K. Johnston was among the most important figures in the production of globes in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century. For more information see our Guide to Globe Makers.
Globe surface with the usual bit of toning and wear, but with nice warm color and still very good and readable. Stand of heavy choice Hondouran mahogany is early 19th Century and was later matched with this Edwardian globe.
Circular Cartouche Surmounted by Coat of Arms: 18 INCH/ TERRESTRIAL GLOBE,/ by/ W. & A.K. JOHNSTON,/ LIMITED/ Geographers, Engravers & Printers/ EDINBURGH/ and/ LONDON
Key Below Cartouche:
Railways Shewn [sic.] thus
Submarine Telegraph Cables thus Black
Mean Isothermal lines for January Blue
Mean Isothermal lines for July Red
International Date Line
COPYRIGHT 1907 By W. & A.K. JOHNSTON Ltd.