THURY & BELNET globe. France, 1870-1880

THURY & BELNET globe. France, 1870-1880.
Wood, metal and embossed and painted paper.
Measurements: 59 x 40 cm.

Terrestrial globe raised on a base of turned and ebonized wood, with line of the Equator and Greenwich Meridian in graduated metal. The terrestrial sphere presents geographical indications, as well as the representation of parallels and meridians according to the last discoveries and the political divisions of the last treaties up to the moment. The globe is the only geographical representation that does not suffer distortion. They are usually mounted, as we see here, on an angled support, which facilitates their use by representing at the same time the angle of the planet with respect to the sun and its own rotation. This makes it easy to visualize how the days and seasons change.