Description
The globe shows present-day St. Petersburg, Russia, as “Leningrad;” therefore, it was made after 1924. Further, it shows Constantinople rather than Istanbul, indicating a date of manufacture before 1930. In addition, it shows Northern Territory in Australia, rather than North Australia and Central Australia, indicating it was made before the 1927 geographic division and name change, or after 1931 when it was changed back to Northern Territory. The gores (maps on the globe’s surface) were printed by the British firm of G.W. Bacon, imported and manufactured into globes by the American firm Weber Costello, and sold by C.S. Hammond. The Weber Costello diamond-shaped cipher is printed above the cartouche.
Read more in our Guide to Globe Makers about the C.S. Hammond and Weber Costello companies.
Diamond-shaped cipher above cartouche: TIME TESTED/ W.C./ SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Round cartouche (overlabel): 8 INCH GLOBE/ NEW/ TERRESTRIAL/ GLOBE/ C. S. HAMMOND & CO./ NEW YORK
There are two reference boxes under the cartouche.
Top box:
43.3. Length of a degree of Longitude along each Latitude circle.
12450 Circumference of each Latitude circle.
3963 Distance through earth (Diameter) of each Latitude circle.
The above distances are shown in English Miles.
Bottom box:
REFERENCE
Isothermal lines for January [blue line]
Isothermal lines for July [red line]
International Date Line [thick red line]
Warm Currents White Cold Currents Blue
Copyright notice beneath bottom box: COPYRIGHT, G.W. BACON & CO. LTD. LONDON/ Printed in England.
