The amazingly correct globes issued by Mercator in 1551 were available only to the privileged few. Mercator’s ‘projection’, solving the problem of projecting a spherical world on a flat surface, was used for the next four hundred years. Until 1900 all globes came in pairs, one celestial and one terrestrial. An important part of the culture, and even more for display and education.
For International Delivery,
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either purchase it and I will send you
a bill for the shipping amount or first
email me for your discount delivery
charges. Because of International
size and weight restrictions, your
item(s) may be re-packed together in
a smaller box in a effort to keep
shipping prices down
