A mid-19th-century French terrestrial globe
signed and dated in the cartouche GLOBE adopte par le conseil de l'universite, Maison Delamarche, Rue Serpente No 25, Paris 1856, the River Nile peters out at the Montagnes de la Lune without showing Lake Victoria, Alaska as Amerique Russe, Tokyo Japan, Tokyo as Jedo, circumnavigational track of the French navigator D'Urville around the world traced (1837-1840), mounted in a horizon ring supported by four quadrants on a classical turned ebonised wood base, globe -- 9in. (23cm.), overall in stand -- 21½in. (54.5cm.)

Condition Report
Excellent condition, but noting an old repaired knock in the Pacific, but no loss of map.

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