Pare of Columbus globes, 1950

Diameter: 32 cm

Total height: 42 cm.

Age: 1950 (Israel present, Korea not divided)

Description: This is a very nice pair of lighted Columbus globe. The globe is made from paper gores on a glass globe. The glass globe is mounted in a chromed meridian which is attached to a chrome/wooden base. This terrestrial globe has the Duo function. This is invented by the Columbus company in 1959 with the companies fiftieth birthday: With the light switched off you see the political boundaries and with the light switched on you see the physical details.  

Condition: good

Cartouche: The terrestrial globe: Columbus DUO Erdglbobus, wissentschaftlich bearbeitet von Kartograph W. Kaden, Politisch und Physikalisch, Columbus Verlag Paul Oestergaard, Berlin und Stuttgart and on the celestial globe: Columbus Himmelsglobus, bearbeitet von Prof. Dr. Johannes Riem ausgefuhrt von Kartograph C. Luther, Columbus Verlag Paul Oestergaard, Berlin und Stuttgart

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