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12-inch News of the World Business Globe
12-inch News of the World Business Globe, detail
12-inch News of the World Business Globe, detail
12-inch News of the World Business Globe, detail
12-inch News of the World Business Globe, detail
12-inch News of the World Business Globe, detail

Globe, English, George Philip, 12-inch Table Globe, 1930s, “News of the World” Business Globe (Sold)

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George Philip & Son (attributed)
12-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe
Turned mahogany stand
London: c. 1930s
18.5 inches high

The terrestrial globe in calibrated chromed half meridian, raised on a mahogany base with turned baluster central standard and large turned round dish base. This so-called News of the World Business Globe extensively shows shipping routes and railways. The News of the World is the name of a British newspaper for whom this globe was probably made.

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Description

Geographical divisions are brightly colored in outline in green, yellow and orange. Manchukuo shown. Rio de Oro in yellow, then green. The style of the cartography and the cartouche are those of George Philip & Son, prominent British globe makers who likely produced this globe.

For more information on George Philip & Son, please see our Guide to Globe Makers.

Oval Cartouche: NEWS OF THE WORLD/ BUSINESS GLOBE/ Scale 1:42,000,000/ Statute Miles Nautical Miles/ Principal Shipping Routes with dist-/ ances in Nautical Miles/ Other Shipping Routes/ Principal Railroads with dist-/ ances in Statue Miles/ Other Railroads/ Projected ” {Railroads]/ PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

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Century

20th Century