Accession No
6281
Brief Description
6-inch lunar (Moon) globe, by Scan Globe (under licence from Replogle), Danish, 1972 (c)
Origin
Denmark
Maker
Scan Globe [maker] Replogle [copyright]
Class
astronomy; cartography
Earliest Date
1971
Latest Date
1972
Inscription Date
Material
metal (steel), plastic
Dimensions
Globe: 6 inch diameter / 150mm
Special Collection
Provenance
Purchased from eBay, 29/06/2009.
Inscription
La LUNA The MOON La LUNE Der Mond
1:22.809.600
1cm = 228km
Manufactured by Scan Globe
Made in Denmark
Impact [pentagonal symbol]
Soft landing [circular symbol]
L.M. [two astronauts, American flag]
© Replogle Globes . Division Meredith Corp
Description Notes
6-inch lunar (Moon) globe, by Scan-Globe (under licence from Replogle), Danish, c. 1972.
6 inch diameter metal hollow globe sphere, formed from two hemispheres, joined at the equator, in plastic hemispherical stand. The stand comprises two interlocking U-shaped supports, surmounted by a plastic ring with minute-graduated demages, indicating the cardinal points.
The globe shows painted (or printed laminate?) terrain, in various shades of grey. The cartography depicts major regions of the satellite, labelled to show seas (in capitals), craters and the landing sites of manned and unmanned craft. Crosshair reticules indicate longitudinal scales (graduated at 10 degree intervals), while latitudinal scales are marked in degrees (graduated at 10 degree intervals). The north pole of the globe has a grey plastic plug.
References
Events
Description
The selenography, or charting of the Moon’s surface, is printed in various shades of grey. The globe depicts major regions such as the seas (written in capitals), craters and the landing sites of manned and unmanned space-craft. Sites of impact landings are indicated with pentagonal symbols, soft landings are indicated with circular symbols and lunar-module landings are indicated by two astronauts or an American flag. Scan-Globe is the European branch of Replogle Globes. As a school supply salesman for Weber Costello in the 1920s, Luther Replogle had taken special interest in globes and wanted to market them to a wide public audience. For his first globes, Replogle used gores from English manufacturers, and after a decade of business, Replogle Globes had become an established and prolific manufacturer of school globes. In the 1950s Replogle produced some unusual globes such as Surprise Globe and Wonder World. During the 1960’s Moon landings, lunar globes were popular in the United States, suggesting that space exploration appealed to the public’s imagination.
14/01/2014
Created by: Allison Ksiazkiewicz on 14/01/2014
FM:46763
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