Unusual Globes

Anon London & Westminster Fortifications 1749

A selection of interesting globes. If you have an interesting globe picture please send it to a member of the IMCoS committee.


The large globe constructed for James Wyld at the World Exhibition 1850.	Flower globe in Stuttgart as part of floral competition

Advert for a charity in Germany – Bread for the World	Coronelli globes at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Tobias Mayer’s globe of the moon	Copper globe at a beach resort near Riga

Globe outside the Science Museum in Istanbul	Globes drawn by John Cooke in Universal Atlas, 1812.

Large Globe at Swanage, UK