Revel in cartography up close with these large globes. They offer expansive sphere diameters and sturdy stands to bring cartography closer to home, office, or school spaces. How do you find the large globes?
The Library holds two rare globes by Coronelli dating back to 1688 that depict California as an island. These examples demonstrate how geographical knowledge evolved throughout the 18th century.
Largest Floor Globes
Enjoy cartography at its finest with large world globes. Boasting sizable sphere diameters and sturdy stands, these floor-standing models make an eye-catching statement while serving as invaluable reference tools for education.
From its Old World antique globe look to modern political boundaries updated by Zoffoli’s team of expert cartographers, this beautiful large floor world globe will add elegance and intrigue to your space. Crafted of hand-cut pure card stock cellulose for ease of handling, it has an elegant chestnut color floor stand and picturesque base. A full metal engraved meridian and light control make navigation simple.
Replogle’s Gea Collection features this blue-ocean world globe that pays homage to one of the Greek primordial deities, Gaia (Mother Earth Goddess). Standing an impressive 37″ high, its illuminated cartography makes this piece ideal for rustic decor themes, while its functional decorative piece status makes this globe suitable for home or office spaces alike.
This antique ocean-illuminated globe combines elegant design and quality craftsmanship for an eye-catching centerpiece in any room of your home or office. Sitting atop its intricate hardwood stand featuring inlay carvings and heavy wrought iron accents, its features, such as its brushed brass-colored meridian and light control, make this globe indeed an elegant choice.
Largest Table Globes
A world globe makes an elegant accent piece on any table, desk, or bookshelf. It evokes feelings of discovery and inspiration to explore more of our fantastic world! Popular styles include traditional, modern, and illuminated globes – each offering something different in terms of adventure. They also come in multiple colors to meet all style preferences.
The Unisphere in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York, is perhaps the world’s most famous table globe. This enormous metal structure, built to represent Earth, was originally constructed as part of the 1964 World’s Fair.
Size-wise, desktop globes typically range from six to 12 inches in diameter. They’re often mounted onto stands that can be set down on tables or desks; these stands can come with different designs made out of various materials for convenient display.
Some of the most remarkable table globes feature decorative artwork on their surfaces, while others boast more classic aesthetics. For instance, the Weber Costello 1921 USA Globe features hand-applied paper gores for an authentic appearance and luxurious stand. If you prefer modern designs instead, check out Little Journey Globe: This illuminated globe boasts a hardwood lens-style base with metal numbered meridians to make an excellent addition to any office or home desk!
Largest Wall Globes
One of the world’s most enormous globes, Eartha, measures 41 feet (12.5 meters). Located inside what was then DeLorme mapping corporation (now Garmin) headquarters in Yarmouth, Maine, and constructed of map panels on a truss structure, this globe would make an excellent statement piece in any corporate setting. However, for something with more personal flair, try the Globe Wall fixture, which offers ambient room lighting with warm and glare-free illumination in both directions.
Largest Pocket Globes
These hand-crafted pocket globes harken back to an earlier time when our planet was extraordinary. Ranging in size from 3″ to 4″, these tiny terrestrial and celestial globes come from an exclusive new collection showcasing some of the greatest globemakers from 17th to 19th-century Europe, including portions of Australia, which was known as New Holland until 1800 (engraved titles provide insight).
Georgian-period England saw the peak of pocket globe production when cartographers manufactured trinkets to appeal to the emerging middle classes. These objects serve as reminders of profound shifts in global finance and domestic consumerism at the turn of the 18th century.
These pocket globes, made of ivory, papier mache, or fish skin, feature an imagined world in miniature with continents and countries outlined in different colors. Some bear engraved title cartouches, while others contain celestial charts or are blank (such as celestial pocket globes). Inside their curved pockets are maps or space for blankness—some even rotate on tiny spindles!
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