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How Many People Can You Fit In a Globe?
By Rita Dapkus-Sproston · 13 years ago
Illustrations on a sphere's surface have been used as celestial or terrestrial references for centuries. As far as we know, the first terrestrial globe was made around 150 BC by the Greek scholar Crates of ...
Cleaning and Maintaining Your Antique Wooden Globe or Replica
By Rita Dapkus-Sproston · 13 years ago
Would you park your 1923 Duesenberg on the street instead of in your garage, or take your brand new Aston Martin to an automated car wash? I hope not. Select treasures, both old and new, ...
A Round Earth Theory or a World Globe – Which Came First?
By Rita Dapkus-Sproston · 13 years ago
If everyone thought the earth was flat until Christopher Columbus discovered America in the late 15th century, how is it that some terrestrial globes were made before then?
Before answering this we need to address ...