A.J. Nystrom & Co.
12-Inch Terrestrial Floor Globe
Chicago, Illinois: c. 1927-30
Art nouveau cast iron stand
37 inches high; 17.5 inch diameter horizon band
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12-Inch Terrestrial Floor Globe on Art Nouveau Stand
A.J. Nystrom, Chicago: c. 1927-30
A.J. Nystrom, Chicago: c. 1927-30
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The terrestrial globe is mounted within a calibrated full meridian that can be rotated within a meridian fork that also supports a wooden horizon band with an applied paper calendar and zodiac. It is raised on a tall cast iron Art Nouveau stand with bronzed finish. The spiral turned tapering central stem of the stand has beaded rings is on a quadripartite, openwork platter base, raised on four stylized beaded trifid feet. The globe has a metal hour disc at the North Pole.
Oceans are blue; geographic entities are shades of in shades of yellow, green, orange and brown with darker outlines. A reference key indicates isothermal lines for January in blue and in yellow for July, as well as railways, cables and the International Date Line. Ocean currents are indicated by curving white (yellowed) lines. There is a figure-eight analemma in the Pacific Ocean.
This globe shows present-day St. Petersburg, Russia, as "Leningrad," therefore, it was made after 1924. Furthermore, it shows Constantinople rather than Istanbul, indicating a date of manufacture before 1930. In addition, it shows Central Australia as a separate territory, otherwise limiting its period to between 1927 and 1931. In Antarctica, the coastline is partially mapped, with known contours outlined in black and highlighted with a heavy orange outline, reflecting the state of knowledge at the time. The Ross Dependency and the Falkland Islands Dependency, which incorporate part of the Antarctic continent and adjoining oceans, are also outlined in orange. At the time, these areas were under British jurisdiction.
As stated in the cartouche, the globe gores were made for Nystrom by British firm W. & A.K. Johnston, and Nystrom was their sole importer. Nonetheless, Johnston is also known to have supplied globe gores to other American globe makers and school suppliers.
Read more about Nystrom and W. & A.K. Johnston in our Guide to Globe Makers.
Circular cartouche: 12 INCH [printed above cartouche]/ TERRESTRIAL/ GLOBE/ by/ W.& A.K. JOHNSTON,/ LIMITED/ Geographers/ Engravers/ Printers/ EDINBURGH/ A.J. NYSTROM & Co./ Sole United States Agents, CHICAGO/
Table printed below cartouche:
Railways
Isothermal lines for January
Isothermal lines for July
Cables
International Date Line
The value of a degree of Longitude/ for each 10th degree of Latitude is/ stated in Geographical miles at/ the 30th Meridian.
COPYRIGHT By W. & A.K. JOHNSTON Ltd.