Globe (replica) with compass

Classic globes without a matching compass were considered incomplete. Our beautifully crafted bronze and wood stand with paper globe contains a faithful replica of a 17th-century ‘dry’ compass. The twelve paper strips applied to the globe were printed based on original designs by Gerardus Mercator, the inventor of the Mercator projection, which was used from the 16th to the mid-20th century. Scientific, decorative, historical...