A Classic Authentic Models replica globe. A wonderfully constructed bronze and wood stand with a paper gores globe and a true reproduction of a 17th C. “dry” compass. Twelve paper gores applied to the globe are printed after originals drawn by Gerardus Mercator, the inventor of the Mercator projection, which was used from the 16th C. until the middle of the 20th C.
Scientific, decorative and historical.
Globe Dia: 10cm
Globe and Stand: 21cm x 15cm
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