Known to have existed in Classical times & still being made for a mass market, globes represent the oldest continuous technique for picturing the Earth & heavens. Originally aids to philosophy, the Renaissance saw their development as compendia of rapidly expanding geographical & astronomical knowledge, & as instruments of navigation & cosmography. They have been produced as simple spheres & as sophisticated mechanical devices, as toys & as high -status furniture; used as classroom & other demonstrational tools & as a symbol in the art of many periods. Until the onset of modern industrial techniques, their manufacture as plaster, wood or metal spheres was complex & laborious, & the skills required for their graphic construction & publication no less so. The National Maritime Museum at Greenwich has one of the world's largest & finest collections of globes, comprising over 300 items including terrestrial & celestial examples, armillary spheres & planispheres. Many of these themselves derive from earlier holdings, such as the Barberini, Landau, & Gabb collections, which were acquired en bloc for the Museum in its formative years through the activities of its principal benefactor, Sir James Caird (1864-1954). The Greenwich collection has now been fully catalogued by one of the leading authorities on Western globes, Dr Elly Dekker, who undertook the task from 1993 to 1995 as the Museum's first Sackler Fellow in the History of Astronomy & Navigational Sciences. The catalogue

Includes:: full entries on all items in the Museum's collection, the overwhelming majority being illustrated. There are also nine introductory essays by Dr Dekker & other NMM specialists, & an integrated section on the Museum's Islamic globes, introduced & catalogued by Dr Silke Ackermann of the British Museum.

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Personalise your world with Globes in a Box, an exciting & unique resource that combines learning about maps & mapping with paper-craft fun. The box contains a CD-ROM complete with map projects, Geodisc globe templates, self-adhesive inkjet printing paper, full-colour project book & self-assembly spinning globe, which together let you create your own world views on your computer. Print out a selection of physical & political maps & wrap around the globe, or fold
- origami-style
- to create your own 3D models of the planet we live on. With full instructions in the accompanying book, as well as a detailed look at how the planet evolved & how cartographers transform it from a sphere to a printed map, Globes in a Box is all you need to create unique models of our world. Requirements:
- Windows XP or Vista.
- Mac OS X 10.3 & above.
- Printer.




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The highly successful Globetrotter Travel Series, which

Includes:: Travel Guides, Travel Maps, Road Atlases,

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In an era when the earth is our oyster, Michael Clinton is the premier globetrotter in search of its pearls. Over the course of more than 35 years, Clinton has travelled the seven continents documenting his experiences in photographs. Now, for the first time, Clinton tells it like it is. In Globetrotter Diaries, the author shares with us his adventures, his knowledge, & his witty reminiscences of his life on the road. As the author of five photography books with Glitterati, Clinton is well-versed in the native customs, rituals, & landscapes of the most popular & remote places around the world. This book provides the perfect companion piece to his photographic work. Here Clinton reveals himself as he learns the nature of humanity from its billions of inhabitants who make travel one of life's greatest pastimes. ...

The handy pocket-size guide is packed with useful information, tips & recommendations, accompanied by colour photographs, charts & maps for the first-time traveller who wants to experience the major highlights that Corfu has to offer. The fold-out map of Corfu is ideal for tourists & visitors. The highly successful Globetrotter Travel Series, which

Includes:: Travel Guides, Travel Maps, Road Atlases, Best of Pocket Guides & In Your Pocket Language Guides, presently covers more than 90 destinations worldwide. The Packs are excellent value, including both guidebook & softcover version of the fold-out Globetrotter map of the region in a printed plastic wallet.

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Gloucestershire, an original antique map by G. Cole / J. Roper published in London, 1810-1843. Copperplate, coloured. Map size 17 x 23 cm, overall mounted size 32.5 x 38.5 cm. This detailed map of Glocestershire is from Dugdale's England & Wales Delineated. The map was drawn by G. Cole & engraved by John Roper for publication first in The Beauties Of England & Wales, issued in parts, from c.1804. Such was the success of the publication that the maps were re-used in other publications, as here. The maps show accurate geographical detail, including the turnpike, mail coach & principal roads, sites of Roman & other historical remains, as well as the seats of the nobility & the gentry, & market towns with their distances from London. The maps also show the division of the counties into hundreds or wapontakes. They are representative of the functional nineteenth-century approach to cartography, yet are not unattractive. Antique maps from various original publishers are presented on the Stanford ...

Gloucestershire, an original antique map by R. Ramble, published in London, 1821-1844. Lithograph, original colour. Map size 15 x 18.5 cm, overall mounted size 30 x 33.5 cm. An attractive & uncommon miniature map surrounded by vignettes of the county's & London's landmarks. Ramble added these vignettes to Miller's maps of 1821 which were originally published as part of Miller's New Miniature Atlas.... With the decorative views added these maps were republished from 1844 in Reuben Ramble's Travels Through The Counties Of England
- a child's guide to the country. Antique maps from various original publishers are presented on the Stanford
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A New Map Of Glocester Shire, an original antique map by J. Lodge, published in London, c. 1782-1795. A copperplate engraving, coloured. Map size 32 x 26.5 cm, overall mounted size 47 x 41 cm.A plainly engraved yet attractive map of the county of Gloucestershire with clear geographical detail. A brief explanatory key appears at lower right next to a decorative compass rose. The map

Includes:: the county's roads, the locations of fairs, & the borough towns showing the number of Members returned to Parliament. John Lodge's county maps were originally published in The Political Magazine... from 1782-1790, appearing in atlas form with imprints & signature erased five years later. Antique maps from various original publishers are presented on the Stanford

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Glocknergruppe, map no. 40
- hiking edition, in a series of walking maps & ski produced by the German & Austrian Alpine Clubs
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Map No. 39, Glocknergruppe
- Hohe Tauern National Park, printed an sturdy waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper & with a
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