About World Globes

The National Geographic Satellite World Globe features, for the first time, lovely parchment tone oceans in our popular 12” diameter globe with over 3,500 name places. The hallmark of this new addition to our National Geographic Collection are the beautiful new colors. This world globe is certain to add elegance to any décor. Boldly supported by our acrylic sculptured base, this world globe will be treasured by generations to come.

This new designer world globe floor stand is unique among globes. It features the unusual and beautiful three-quarter round walnut toned base. Pictured with the open side, it allows you to display the entire world, North Pole to South Pole and turn the globe 360º for a complete view East to West. Or turn the open side opposite your vantage point and you reveal the classic appearance of a traditional elegant floor stand globe. This National Geographic model is cradled in our gold-toned full metal meridian. Standing a regal 38 inches in height and 20 inches wide, the Brent includes an international time dial, globe booklet and a signed Certificate of Authenticity.

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is widely considered to be America’s greatest architect.  He amazed the world with his architectural ingenuity and designs.  His vision encompassed the buildings and residences he designed as well as their landscaping, art glass, furniture, lighting and floor covering — to create a unified whole.  An adaption of one of Mr. Wright’s vase designs developed in 1929 for Leerdam Fabrique in Germany.  The Oberlisk world globe floor stand is made of solid maple and cherry hardwood.  Please check out our Frank Lloyd Wright® Collection.

The levitating/floating world globe ball is suspended in mid-air by an electronically controlled magnetic field.  It is amazing and with a very unique design.  The arm is also a neon light for support for the magnet on the top. The blue ocean world globe just levitates there to make a great conversation piece.  For the children’s room this particular levitating world globe can also be used for a night light.  Uses 110v AC adapter which is included.

The inflatable EarthBalls are a wonderful compliment to the standard globes found in every school classroom.  While a political globe enables students to locate countries and cities, only an EarthBall (or a trip to outer space) gives the true perspective of how our world actually appears.

Teachers and students of all ages love EarthBalls, and have discovered its usefulness in a wide  range of subjects, from the natural & Earth sciences including geography, meteorology, environmental science, to the social sciences of history, culture, exploration, current events, and many subjects involving global relationships.

EarthBalls are used daily for educating students from preschools to universities. As a tactile and visual classroom aid, EarthBalls enhance the teaching of both natural and social sciences.  Every EarthBall comes with the 16-page Global Handbook detailing games & activities, as well as resources for creative curriculum development.

This world globe stand is an authentic reproduction from a drawing found in the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation archives.  It is an unidentified concept for one of the Prairie Homes that Mr. Wright de-signed in the early 1900s. The only marking on the drawing is in his handwriting and says, “Something like this.” The proportions, and interpretation, of the drawing were calculated based on the scale of other drawings from this time period.

16″ diameter
39″ height
23″ Width
Hardwood base with dark walnut finish
Antique ocean color

Replogle World Globes adopted this design in 2008 for the Frank Lloyd Wright® Collection.

This world globe barrel stand is an adaptation of one of the most universally recognized furniture designs found in the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation archives. It is a modified version of the famous “Barrel Chair” originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1903 and modified for his personal use at “Taliesin” in Spring Green, Wisconsin and for Herbert F. Johnson for his home “Wingspread” in Racine, Wisconsin in 1937.

Replogle World Globes adopted this design in 2008 for the Frank Lloyd Wright® Collection.

Have you ever wanted to actually see how Alaska experiences complete days in darkness or daylight? Have you ever wondered why the International Dateline has such significance in the business world? The National Geographic Planet Earth world globe can answer these questions and many more.

With the globe light off the globe shows the political map of the world. When the light is on,  it shows the physical features of the world - but that’s not all. This unique educational tool also shows day and nighttime for any time, date, and location in the world throughout the four seasons. It can be manually adjusted both forward and backward to see past, present, and future hours of daylight and darkness for easy demonstration and understanding. A pinpoint light shows the actual location of the sun throughout the year. Unique “twilight rings” depict the three zones of dawn and dusk. The superb design and engineering, combined with the expert cartography of National Geographic creates a learning tool that is fun and easy to use.

Information courtesy of National Geographic

The MOVA world globe rotates silently and is inspired by the earth itself. It is the world’s most advanced globe. It requires no power cords or batteries. . .only the natural light of your home or office.

The MOVA world globe rotates peacefully and silently using only the energy of room light and the force of the earth’s magnetic field. This is possible because the MOVA globe is actually an inner globe that rotates and is contained within an outer shell made of very clear acrylic that does not rotate. The thin space between the inner globe and outer shell is filled with a safe, perfectly clear fluid that buoyantly supports the inner globe completely out of contact with the outer shell. This inner globe, floating and turning in a virtually friction-free environment and energized by light, is analogous to the earth itself. The MOVA globe is being brought to market at a time when people everywhere will understand and appreciate this analogy.

The optical properties of the outer shell and fluid are carefully chosen so that the graphic features on the surface of the inner globe are magnified and appear to be on the outer surface of the outer shell. This means that the outer shell actually appears to move. The MOVA globe can rest on an attractive three fingered stand that is provided, or on just about any other kind of stand that can be chosen to complement it’s graphic design. The MOVA globe appears to rotate in spite of resting on the stand, in quiet defiance of commonly held ideas about the laws of friction.A carefully designed, and highly efficient drive mechanism within the inner globe drives the rotation even in room light. Energy for the drive is provided by very advanced solar cells within the inner globe, illuminated by light passing through the graphic on the globe. The drive includes a magnetic element that reacts with the earth’s magnetic field, much as a common compass does, to provide torque to drive the globe.

All of these elements of the MOVA globe cooperate to create a beautiful, magical object that provides a meditative point of focus to any room.

Unique 11″ world globe educates as it entertains. Colorful clear images of 263 animals are shown in their natural habitat. When illuminated, the 11″ model shows ocean animals. The world globe comes with an animal encyclopedia which contains interesting facts on each animal.