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LaSalle Replogle
world globe is offered with a choice of
2 specialty antique style maps by famous European cartographers - a
Martin Waldseemüller* style
map
(as seen here), and a
Vincenzo Coronelli map.
Capturing the spirit and times of Rene-Robert de
LaSalle**, the 17th century explorer for which its named, the LaSalle 12
Waldseemüller globe is displayed as a floor globe. Perched atop an elegant
Victorian-style base, it is a fitting way to highlight both globe and stand. Also available with the
Coronelli map (Model
#37814).
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Globe
Diameter:
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12" (30cm) |
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Height:
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37" (94cm) |
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Width:
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15.3" (30cm) |
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15.3" (39cm) |
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Weight:
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5.15 lb.
(2.3Kg) |
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Map:
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Specialty |
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Model
#37817
Waldseemüller antique map
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Martin
Waldseemüller
was a German cartographer, who was regarded as one of Worlds finest
cartographers, best known for his Universalis Cosmographia, a 12-sheet
woodblock map dated 1507. Not only was it one of the first maps to
precisely chart latitude and longitude, but it was the first to reference the
name "America" (honoring Amerigo Vespucci). One of
Waldseemüller's
gore globes sold for
$1002,267 USD, thus
fetching a world
record price for such items. ** Rene-Robert de LaSalle
was a French explorer who sailed to Canada when he was 23
years old. He learned from the Iroquois people of a grate river which led to the
sea. Assuming the river in question flowed into the Gulf of California,
the enticing thought of a possible profitable western trade route to China
arose. LaSalle led an expedition to the Great Lakes in 1679, and four years
later sailed down the Illinois River to the Mississippi River and all the way to
the Gulf of Mexico, claiming the entire Mississippi River Basin - what he called
the Louisiana Territory - for France.
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