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  2. Globe - Wikipedia

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    A globe is a spherical model of Earth, of some other celestial body, or of the celestial sphere. Globes serve purposes similar to maps, but, unlike maps, they do not distort the surface that they portray except to scale it down. A model globe of Earth is called a terrestrial globe. A model globe of the celestial sphere is called a celestial globe.

  3. Wikipedia:Blank maps - Wikipedia

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    Blank maps derived from OMC. A web interface by Martin Weinelt – It generates maps using GMT (The Generic Mapping Tools), from public domain vector data. The resulting maps should be in the public domain. These maps show elevation and main rivers, but no modern boundaries.

  4. Globus Jagellonicus - Wikipedia

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    Globus Jagellonicus. The Jagiellonian globe, also known as the Globus Jagellonicus, is a mechanical armillary sphere made in France before 1510. It is an astronomical instrument and a universal clock tracking both local solar time and sidereal time. The central brass sphere is engraved with a map of Earth and contains the clock mechanism.

  5. File:Globe.svg - Wikipedia

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    File:Globe.svg. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 600 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 240 × 240 pixels | 480 × 480 pixels | 768 × 768 pixels | 1,024 × 1,024 pixels | 2,048 × 2,048 pixels. Original file ‎ (SVG file, nominally 600 × 600 pixels, file size: 202 KB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons.

  6. Hunt–Lenox Globe - Wikipedia

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    The Hunt–Lenox Globe or Lenox Globe, dating from about 1508, [1] is the second- or third-oldest known terrestrial globe, after the Erdapfel of Martin Behaim (1492) and the Ostrich Egg Globe (claimed [2] 1504). The Hunt-Lenox Globe is housed by the Rare Book Division of the New York Public Library. [1] It is notable as one of only two known ...

  7. Johannes Schöner globe - Wikipedia

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    The Johannes Schöner globes are a series of globes made by Johannes Schöner (1477–1547), the first being made in 1515. Schöner's globes are some of the oldest still in existence. [1] Some of them are said by some authors to show parts of the world that were not yet known to Europeans, such as the Magellan Strait and the Antarctic.