19th Century
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12 Inch Terrestrial Table Globe Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago: c. 1890s Turned Maple Round Stepped Base 19 inches high Sold, please inquire as to the availability of similar items. |
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The terrestrial globe canted on iron arm, raised on a maple stand with turned central standard, and turned round stepped base. Oklahoma is divided into Oklahoma and "Ind. Ter." indicating a date of 1891 to 1906. In the last decades of the 19th century, Chicago became the leading center for commercial cartographic publishing in the United States. As the hub of the expanding American railroad system, it was logical for Chicago publishers to incorporate the latest railway routes into a complex mapping of America. In addition, cerography, an innovative wax-engraving printing technique, was adopted by Chicago publishers enabling larger printings and more efficient updates of maps and atlases. The production of terrestrial globes also proliferated in Chicago. A.H. Andrews & Co began globe production as early as the 1860s, soon followed by Rand McNally, which continues in business today. >Oval Cartouche: Rand, McNally & Co.'s/ NEW TWELVE INCH TERRESTRIAL/ GLOBE Legend in Ocean: Rand, McNally & Co's/ New Twelve Inch Terrestrial Globe/ Copyright 1891/ by Rand, McNally & Co. |
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