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Vintage Parchment-Colored Replogle Globe
This 12 inch globe is one of the "World Classic" series by Replogle. It sits on a hardwood base.
It shows the rotation direction of the Earth, the International Date Line, city populations, capitals, elevations, depths in feet, and steamship routs (nautical miles). The globe has raised relief, in which changes in land elevation are indicated by the surface texture. At the top of the globe is a separate small taupe-colored time scale.
According to replogleglobes.com, Luther Replogle founded the company in 1930 by selling hand-assembled globes from his Chicago apartment. Replogle founded ScanGlobe in 1963. The company continues to make globes today.
Based on a guide to dating globes on the Replogle web site, this globe was made between 1990 and 1991.
Vintage Parchment-Colored Replogle Globe
This 12 inch globe is one of the "World Classic" series by Replogle. It sits on a hardwood base.
It shows the rotation direction of the Earth, the International Date Line, city populations, capitals, elevations, depths in feet, and steamship routs (nautical miles). The globe has raised relief, in which changes in land elevation are indicated by the surface texture. At the top of the globe is a separate small taupe-colored time scale.
According to replogleglobes.com, Luther Replogle founded the company in 1930 by selling hand-assembled globes from his Chicago apartment. Replogle founded ScanGlobe in 1963. The company continues to make globes today.
Based on a guide to dating globes on the Replogle web site, this globe was made between 1990 and 1991.