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Globe Buying GuideA World of Choice Awaits
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Floor Globes make wonderful accent furniture pieces for any room in the home or office. These detailed world globes are mounted on beautifully designed wooden or metal floor stands. With numerous height, diameter and ocean color options available, choose the size and style that is right for your room.
Top Seller: The Lancaster World Globe |
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Table Top Globes are perfect for detailed geography references or simple decoration pieces. Base styles range from simple metal designs to elegantly crafted wooden creations. The globe spheres are loaded with information and are offered in various material, size and ocean color options. Table top globes are the perfect choice for people of all ages.
Top Seller: The Sierra World Globe |
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Desk Globes are sure to add style and class to any desk without taking up much space. Our floating globes magically make the globe ball levitate, and make the perfect gift for that person who has everything! Many desk globes are also multi-functional, combining a striking globe with a clock or desk set base.
Top Seller: ﾠThe Floating Globe |
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Educational Globes are the perfect way for people of all ages to explore the earth and make learning fun. These globes are specifically designed to make teaching and learning easy. Children love our interactive globes because it turns learning information about the world into a game! Our "space" globes are great resources for learning more about the moon, constellations and other planets.
Top Seller: The Leapfrog Odyssey III Talking Globe |
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Gemstone Globes are sure to impress any observer with their high- quality craftsmanship and breathtaking appearance. These globes come in all sizes; diameters vary from 1-inch paperweight sizes to luxury 13-inch floor models. Various ocean colors and stand options are available. Pick the best combination to suit your style.
Top Seller: The Park Avenue Blue Lapis Gemstone Globe |
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Traditional style globes are comfortable yet classic. A globe with this style will help create a homey feel in a room that is calm and orderly. ﾠTraditional style globes will blend well with almost any room d￩cor. This makes for a safe choice if you are giving a globe as a gift. ﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠ Top Selling Traditional Floor: Cambridge World Globe ﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠ Top Selling Traditional Table Top: Explorer World Globe |
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Contemporary style globes define modern day designs and feature streamlined or sculptured shaped bases. The simplicity of lines, shapes, and use of black or metallic colors are the most important elements of adding to a contemporary interior. ﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠ Top Selling Contemporary Floor: Trafalgar World Globe ﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠ Top Selling Contemporary Table Top: Orion World Globe |
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Transitional style globes combine traditional and contemporary elements to create a classic, timeless design. The designed lines are simple, yet create a sophisticated look. The transitional style is perfect for the person who wants to keep it simple with just a touch of flare. ﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠ Top Selling Transitional Floor: Edinburgh World Globe ﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠ Top Selling Transitional Table Top: Cranbrook World Globe |
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Illuminated globes use an internal bulb to light-up the globe from within. When plugged into a power source, the soft glow that illuminates will amaze people both young and old. Some globes have a "touch-on illumination" feature that allows the globe to light-up with a simple touch of the meridian ring. Other globes have a "two-way" map feature. These globes show physical borders when unlit, and they show the political boundaries when illuminated.
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Raised Relief will help to enhance your learning experience by allowing you to see and feel the elevation changes in the land. These globes use textured contours to represent the mountain ranges and ridges of the world. Due to accuracy and manufacturing techniques, raised relief is only available on globes with diameters between 9-16 inches.
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Individual U.S. States allow you to see the borders of each state within the United States. This feature is great for teaching and learning the state names and how their locations appear on a global scale. Most of these globes also show state capitals and major U.S. cities.
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Interactive educational globe make learning fun for kids of all ages! These talking globes have numerous games and features to help children have a hands-on experience while learning more about the world. A great learning and teaching tool for the home or classroom.
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Floating globes use magnets to suspend the globe sphere in mid-air and require an active 110V/60HZ outlet. Various size and color options make this magical globe a unique gift for anyone. | ||
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Celestial globes allow you to explore the outer-space from the comfort of your own home. Whether you want to explore the moon, stars or even other planets, we have the perfect Space globe for you. | ||
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Crystal globes make great desk top accessory pieces. Some of these globes have translucent oceans, allowing you to see right through the entire world. |
ﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠﾠ - Below are the most popular ocean colors that we offer. Gemstone globes typically offer the most ocean color varieties. Some globes will offer you the option to pick your ocean color.
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| Blue | Antique | Mother of Pearlﾠ | Black |
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Full-Meridian mounting has a full circle encompassing the entire sphere. ﾠMost of these styles use a gyro-matic system to allow you easy viewing with full dual-axis rotation. This dual-axis rotation enables you to spin the globe while the tilting the poles. ﾠThis mounting style is most common on table top globes. |
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Semi-Meridian mounting uses a semi-circle meridian allowing for full rotation (spinning) along a single axis. |
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Inclination mounting allows for full rotation (spinning) along one axis, the globe is mounted on a spire instead of a meridian. |
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Leg Mounting uses a full-meridian, but only allows for single-axis rotation (spinning) due to the legs and larger base. This mounting style is most common on floor and decorative desk top globe styles. |
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Replogle is the world's largest manufacturer of fine geographic globes. Their expert cartographers and craftsmen ensure the most accurate information and attention to detail on every globe they produce. Proud to carry the label "Made in the USA," 2005 celebrated Replogle's 75th anniversary in the world globe business. |
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Cram is a manufacturer with a storied history dating back to 1867, when George Cram, only two years after fighting for the Union in the Civil War, joined his uncle's business of making city and state maps. In 1869 Cram became the first American publisher to produce a world atlas. The Cram name quickly became synonymous with accuracy and innovation. In 1932, the company expanded into manufacturing world globes. Today, the Cram company is considered one of the top leaders in the world globe industry and its globes are present in thousands of schools, homes, and offices around the world. |
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National Geographic globes come with the assurance of knowing each globe conforms to our demanding standards. Each has been created with the artistic beauty, superb craftsmanship, and unerring cartographic data for which National Geographic globes and maps are renowned. No matter which globe you choose, you can be assured that you will receive a globe of superb craftsmanship, engineered with state-of-the-art technology. Each globe ball is expertly printed on a special stretchable material which can never wear off. Additionally, your globe is shock resistant and virtually unbreakable. Each National Geographic globe features a time dial at the North Pole which allows you to easily determine time throughout the world. To ensure readability, the globes are created with the same clear, pleasing typefaces that distinguish all National Geographic maps. Each globe comes with a detailed instruction booklet and certificate of authenticity. |
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Nova Rico has been manufacturing world globes in Italy since 1955. They were one of the first pioneers to produce vacuum forming machines to manufacture globes at an industrial strength. This technique uses PVC instead of traditional paper. This production of globes guarantees the same level of quality and precision in the meridians and parallels grid. Each single angle of intersection is very accurate. The welding coincides exactly with the equator line to ensure no visual blemishes.Every single globe is tested and checked by Nova Ricos specialized production team. |
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Artline Globes is dedicated only to the creation of world class acrylic globes. These highly-skilled American artisans, hand-fashion each Artline Globe product for unsurpassed quality. Their state-of-the-art technology allows us to offer a lifetime guarantee of quality and craftsmanship. Each Artline Globe product reflects a standard of excellence not achievable with today's mass production techniques. From the multi-colored silk-screening to the meticulous blowing, shaping, and finishing, each sphere is proudly passed from the hands of our craftspeople to yours. |
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