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Globes

Louis XIV's globes.

Louis XIV's Globes

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

Watch How Globes Were Made in 1955 in This North London Workshop

It's a tedious task to build the "world in miniature."

Lauren Young November 15, 2016

A Traditional Globe Maker is Making 3-D Versions of Historic Martian Maps

This German company specializes in planetary spheres based on antique maps.

Lauren Young August 8, 2016

Mini Desk Globes and an Ochre Livingstone desk globe in the studio. The company uses a variety of wood and metal to make their bases. Here you can see Zebrano, solid Copper, Walnut, solid Aluminium. The wood bases are hand turned and the metal ones are hand cast using the lost wax method. All made by hand and finished by hand here in London. On the desk also sits a practice globe made by an apprentice that has not yet been stripped (The two tone one). Photo by Ana Santl.

The Small London Company That Makes the World's Most Beautiful Globes

A former bowling alley owner wanted to make a present for his father, and ended up with a thriving business.

Luke Spencer May 11, 2016

The American Geographical Society Library

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The American Geographical Society Library

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

The Most Remarkable Globe in The World Is in a Brooklyn Office Building

Luke Spencer March 13, 2015

The Daily News Building Globe

New York, New York

The Daily News Building Globe

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France)

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

New York, New York

George Glazer Gallery

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

Mercator Globe

Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

Mercator Museum

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

Boston, Massachusetts

Mapparium Globe

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Vienna, Austria

Globe Museum

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.