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"THE DIPLOMAT GLOBE"
Brueckmann, Gustav/LeRoy M. Tolman. Replogle 32 inch Library
Globe (also called "The Diplomat Globe") Replogle Globes,
Inc. Chicago, Illinois. c1962. Coated paper gores over plastic
orb. Lighted electrically from within. Time dial at North Pole.
Full ring thick brass engraved meridian. In massive four pillar
oak stand with decoratively carved legs and central pivot on
cross stretchers holding the globe's meridian ring on rollers
for ease of movement. Definitive detail of political boundaries,
railroads, highways, canals, steamship routes as well as
physical features: waterfalls, dams, swamps, lakes, glaciers,
shelf ice, banks, reefs, cays, mountain peaks, passes, deserts,
ocean currents, plus "ruins" and "places of interest". The
largest globe commercially produced in the U.S. Examples have
been in use in the White House and other top executive
locations. Custom designed and edited by Gustav Brueckmann,
cartographer; revisions by LeRoy M. Tolman. This is the
definitive globe for the period 1958-1962. Although the gores
are not dated, the United Arab Republic is shown minus Syria,
which was included until 1962. Enormous orb is 32 inches in
diameter or nearly 100 inches in circumference. Including stand
the height is four feet. The stand is 30 inches high by 41
inches wide at the bottom. Therefore, the orb can be lifted out
of the stand and the widest area is 32 inches for fitting
through doorways. Very nice condition overall.
I.D.#10307.
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