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How Old Is Your Globe
Dear Globe Scout,
Thank you for quoting your globe or globes. As you
have found out, globes are not dated as are most books or maps.
Globes were advertised to be “up-to-date” or “up to the minute”
so to date them would defeat this.
A globe can only be dated by the
geographical-political names and borders found on it.
Photographs of entire globe and close-up of orb are helpful. In
order to see if I can use it I need to ask a few questions about
your globe. Listed here are some key geographical features to
look for.
1845 - Texas becomes a state
1850 - California becomes a state
1853 - Gadsden Purchase adds S. AZ & NM south of
Gila River
1867 - Russian Territory becomes Alaska
1868 – 1918 - Austro-Hungarian Empire
1873 -Yellowstone National Park appears in NW
Wyoming
1889 - North and South Dakota form in the US
1896 – Suez Canal finished
1889 – Phoenix replaces Tucson as capital of Arizona
1899
- Philippines & Puerto Rico (U.S.)
1902 - Orange Free State created in S. Africa
1905 – Sakhalin divided: Japan/Russia
1907 – Panama Canal
1909 – Canberra Capital of Australia
1910 – Chosen (not Korea)
1910-1961 – Union of South Africa
1914 - 1924 (only) Saint Petersburg in Russia named
“Petrograd”
1919 - Treaty of Versailles in Europe. Polish
Corridor, Balkan States, Czechoslovakia, etc.formed
1924 - 1991 Saint Petersburg in Russia called
Leningrad
1925 (post) – Oslo, Norway
1926-31 – Central Australia
1930 - Constantinople to Istanbul
1931-45 - Japan annexes Manchuria, names it
“Manchoukuo”
1932 – Arabia become Saudi Arabia
1935 – Persia become Iran
1935-41 - Italy invades Ethiopia. Names region
“Italian East Africa”
1936 - Saar Plebecite Nazi's take Rhineland
1938 - Austria annexed, Sudetenland
invaded
1939 - Nazis seize half of Poland; Russia the other
half. “Phoney” war begins
1940 - Nazis “Blitzkrieg” France, Western Europe
1945 – Annan (sometimes in Vietnam-before 1945)
1945 - Nazis defeated. Germany divided into East
and West
1947 - India independent. West and East Pakistan
formed
1948 - State of Israel formed
1950 - Indo-China no longer French
1953, July 27 - Panmunjom Truce. Korea divides into
North and South
1953-63 – Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland
1954, July 22 - Vietnam divided. French defeated
1958 - 1961 - Only Egypt and Syria united under
Nasser as “United Arab Republic”
1962 - 1965 - Only Egypt called “United Arab
Republic”
1971 - Revolt in Pakistan. East Pakistan becomes
“Bangladesh”
1975 - Vietnam War over. Saigon named “Ho Chi Minh
City”
1979 - for less than one year Central African
Republic was called “Central African Empire”
How is your globe mounted? Has it a meridian, the ruler
like scale that supports the orb, the round sphere? Does
the meridian go all the way around or only half way? Does it
move or is it firmly fixed to the base? Is the globe a table or
floor model? How wide is the orb through the center,
(diameter)? 12 inches is about the size of a basketball.
Condition of the orb is very important. Any defects should be
described. “Full Mount” means globe has a flat horizon ring
around the equator, as well as a full meridian and stand. Full
Mounts are preferable.
The title and publisher information on many globes is found in
the Pacific Ocean area, either on a little label, or on a small
area called a cartouche. Starting at the top, spell out
exactly what it says completely. The major American globe
manufacturers are Cram, Rand-McNally, Replogle and
Weber-Costello. Globes with surfaces printed in England were W.
& A.K. Johnston and Nystrom. J. Chein and The Ohio Art Company
made novelty or “Kitsch” globes and globe banks.
Again, thanks for writing. I am always
interested to know what you have found. We are seeking unusual
stands and above average globes. Fax: 731-836-9017 EMAIL:
mapman@ecsis.net
1-800-748-9946
http://www.murrayhudson.com
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