Antique brass globe and an old clock - Aris Suwanmalee G/Shutterstock Old, sepia-toned globes seem to be a hallmark of higher learning. That they end up in so many ancient libraries surrounded by ...

Islamicate celestial globes made as early as the eleventh century are found in museums and private collections today. There are also references in classical Greek and Roman literature to carlier ...

The National Library of Australia (NLA) in Canberra has acquired two pairs of historic globes, dating back to 1799. The rare terrestrial and celestial floor globes were purchased from a New York ...

There are a couple of different types of globes that are out there. The terrestrial globes bring the real big money. You're also dealing now with an economic condition that's not as great as it was.

Nr. 38/39, REPORT on the VIIth INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE CORONELLI SOCIETY (NOVEMBER 1990 (für 1990/91)), pp. 23-35 (18 pages) Recent discoveries bring the total number of Islamic celestial ...

Old, sepia-toned globes seem to be a hallmark of higher learning. That they end up in so many ancient libraries surrounded by great volumes of literature and history attest to their place in the world ...