Physical political globe produced by Istituto Geografico de Agostini, 1960s. The globe is made of shock-resistant plastic material, while the support structure features a graduated metal semi-meridian and a heavy red metal base. The globe lights up and rotates regularly. Completely original, only the electrical plug has been changed. Inside the base is the original label "Extra Globe 108/9 scale 1:35,000,000.". This serial indicated high-end illuminated globes intended for professional or educational settings. Good condition, normal signs of use. No breaks. Dimensions: globe diameter 36.4cm, height 50cm. Payment: Bank transfer, Paypal. Express courier shipping included. Shipping throughout the European Union. LOOK AT MY GALLERY...YOU WILL FIND OTHER GLOBES AND INTERESTING ITEMS. For over 30 years in the antique sector, Antiquariato Cherubini Zorzella guarantees its customers maximum reliability and safety in purchases with careful packaging and parcel traceability.
Globe from the famous Italian manufacturer G.B.Paravia e C., designed by Prof. Guido Coria, around 1920.
GB Paravia is one of the oldest publishing houses in our country. Founded in Turin in 1802 by Giovanni Battista Paravia (1765-1826), it began as a publisher of mainly school books, at a time when the lines between the activities of printer, publisher, and bookseller were very blurred. Upon his death, the company was taken over by his widow and cousin Innocenzo Vigliardi, who decided to extend the activity to the educational field, and then also to the printing of children's stories, especially thanks to the collaboration of Emilio Salgari as a translator, author, and proofreader.
Born in Turin in 1851, Guido Coria held the chair of Geography and Statistics at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Turin from 1882, then Physical Geography at the Faculty of Sciences. He had completed his studies in Germany. He enjoyed great prestige in the second half of the 19th century. Cora was a tireless traveler in the Balkans, Australia, South America, Africa and became a great expert in polar geography; the first Italian colonial maps are his. Two promontories in New Guinea and one in Patagonia bear his name. In 1897 he moved to Rome where he remained for fifteen years, initiating geographical studies in that city and teaching geography at the La Sapienza University. In 1873 he founded the geographical journal "Cosmos". In 1886 he was awarded the Patron Medal by the Royal Geographical Society "for significant service as a writer and cartographer". At the publisher G.B. Paravia he published globes and atlases and numerous thematic maps; he also wrote monographs relating to Africa, Croatia and Serbia. He died in 1917.
The globe is made of pressed cardboard covered with a layer of gores. Aluminum structure. Solid wood base. All original.
Excellent condition without breaks, beautiful patina.
Dimensions: globe diameter 33 cm, height 56 cm.
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