Deco Gifts

Decorative Globe Black Ocean NC2131

Product code: 224397
 
€39,13 EUR
 
Decorative Globe Black Ocean NC2131 The Black Ocean decorative globe is a stylish decoration full of globetrotting character, thanks to which you will have the whole world at your feet. The globe is a wonderful gift for a travel lover, teacher or geography student.The globe map is maintained in subdued colours: black (oceans) and yellow, beige and brown (lands). The globe is placed on a sliding arm with a wooden base. Geographical names are in English. Decorative globe Black Ocean NC2131 specification: • Material: plastic• Base: wooden• Colour: dominant black, maps in shades of yellow and brown• Geographic names in English• Dimensions: height 34 cm, dia. globe 14.5 cm, width 16 cm The Black Ocean decorative globe is ideally suited as: • A gift for a travel lover• A gift for a geography teacher• A gift for a geography student• Decoration in a travel vibe Globes serve purposes similar to maps, but unlike maps, they do not distort the surface that they portray except to scale it down. The word globe comes from the Latin word globus, meaning "sphere". Globes have a long history. The first known mention of a globe is from Strabo, describing the Globe of Crates from about 150 BC. The oldest surviving terrestrial globe is the Erdapfel, wrought by Martin Behaim in 1492. The oldest surviving celestial globe sits atop the Farnese Atlas, carved in the 2nd century Roman Empire. Traditionally, globes were manufactured by gluing a printed paper map onto a sphere, often made from wood. The largest globe in the world is the Earth Monument in New York's Flushing Meadows Park. The construction was named Unisphere. The structure weighs approximately 400 tons.