About World Globes

Diameter: 12,753 km (7,926 miles)

Mass:  5.98×10^24 kilograms (6.5e21 tons)

Surface Gravity: 9.78 m/s^2

Density: 5,515 kg/m^3

Minimum Distance from Sun: 146 million km (91 million miles)

Maximum Distance from Sun: 152 million km (94.5 million miles)

Tilt of Axis: 23 degrees 27″

Rotation Period with respect to Sun (Length of Day): 24 hrs

Rotation Period with respect to stars (Sidereal Day): 23 hrs 56 min

Revolution Period about the Sun (Length of a Year): 365 days 5 hrs 

Temperature: -89 degrees C to 57.7 degrees C (-128 degrees F to 136 degrees F)

Do you want a physical, political or raised relief globe?
Physical globes primarily display the physical, geographic aspects of the earth.  Color variations indicate land forms, vegetation, and climactic conditions.
Political globes primarily display the political aspects of the earth, overlaid on the geographic features. Political features include cities as well as state and national borders.
Raised Relief globes simulate the raised surfaces of the earth, such as prominent mountain ranges.  This feature is available on some physical and political world globes.

Equator:  Imaginary line running east and west around the exact middle of the earth.

Prime Meridian:  Imaginary line running from pole to pole and passing through
                         Greenwich, England, home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.

Zero Point:  The equator and the prime meridian intersect at point “0″.  This is
                   where all numbering starts for longitude and latitude lines.

Latitude:  Imaginary lines running around the globe parallel to the equator at 10 or 15-degree increments.

Longitude:  Imaginary lines running from pole to pole numbered in 15-degree increments
                 from the Prime Meridian.

23.5 Degrees:  The angle of the Earth’s tilt as it flies through space.  Most 
                      world globes are made to reflect this angle.

Meridian:  A full- or semi-circle metal arc used to hold the world globe in place.  Meridians
                are generally numbered in degrees from 0 degree at the equator to 90 degrees
                at either pole.

Time Dial:  If it is noon where you are, turn the time dial so that noon faces your 
                 global location.  The other numbers on the dial now show the time in the
                 rest of the world.

Information Courtesy of Replogle Globes.

Frank Lloyd Wright® World Globes

In 1928, Frank Lloyd Wright began creating a major remodeling project of the existing resort, the San Marcos in the Desert Hotel on the outskirts of Phoenix. The project was never completed due to the 1929 stock market crash, but the building design and the interior renderings contain a variety of interesting furniture and decorative features. This adapted world globe stand showcases the 60 degree angled legs and the hexagonal top of a small accent table designed for the totally new special Dining Pavilion bordered by the garden terraces of the San Marcos in the Desert Hotel, Chandler, Arizona. (Project revised 1936)

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

Hybrid world globe heralds a new era in globe making.  It has been a long time since a globe maker has created a new globe manufacturing process.   CRAM has taken the next step with the Hybrid Globe.

The Hybrid globe ball, available in blue ocean as shown (Fairmont Blue Ocean) or antique ocean, provides a crisp, clean look that non-illuminated balls have always lacked.   The creases and cross cuts have been removed to create a bright, beautiful globe ball.

Frank Lloyd Wright® World Globes 

Frank Lloyd Wright’s overall concept for his buildings included the integration of the interior furnishings. In 1952, he developed a series of hexagonal metal chairs, tables and other furniture for the H.C. Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, that coordinated with the geometric shape of the building. Adapted from the hexagonal hassock design, the 12″ Frank Lloyd Wright® Hexagon Globe as part of the  Frank Lloyd Wright® Collection exemplifies the three Organic Elements used by Wright throughout his lifetime.  The metal base is triangular, the heagonal globe support is wood, and the globe is circular.

Frank Lloyd Wright® World Globes

Frank Lloyd Wright’s overall concept for his buildings included the integration of the furniture and decorative objects.  Replogle Globes is honored to produce a new line of globes adaped from select Wright drawings and concepts, chosen by Replogle and authorized by the Frank Lloyd Wright foundation

The Tabouret 9″ antique world globe is part of the  Frank Lloyd Wright® Collection.  The stand is an adaptation of one of the more than 22,000 drawings in the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation archives. The design is closely based on the tabouret table from a composite drawing showing the coordinating grandfather clock, chair, vase and tabouret table that Mr. Wright created for the Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, New York in 1903.

You can easily find discount world globes online.  There are decorative globes, antique globes or ordinary reference globes you can choose from.  There are even gemstone globes that have your favorite gemstones set in them.

Globes can really give a decorative touch in your home.  Especially those antique style globes that have a very warm and nostalgic color.  They come in different sizes as well so you can really have one that can be a centerpiece in the room.  Or you can just have a globe for reference purpose.  If you have kids who are learning about geography, this is one great learning tool to have

If you are looking for a globe of the earth, you just have to go online to find them.  You will see an assortment of globes to choose from.  There are decorative globes with gemstones in them.  You can also find antique looking globes as well.

There are globes that are specially made to depict the earth’s surface accurately.  You can really see and touch the ridges made for the mountains in these globes.  You can also find globes that were used centuries ago.  It is very interesting how new land discoveries were mapped out then.  You can compare them with the modern day globes and see how vastly different there are from each other.  

 World globes are a perfect addition to an office or home. There is something amazing about seeing the whole planet on the top of your table. World globes are spherical objects that reflect the awesome vastness of the Earth. World globes are available in a range of sizes, from small to medium and large. There is no other item on the desk that attracts so much attention as a globe does.

As a gift idea, illuminated world globes like a Constellation Globe are a great choice. They are breathtakingly beautiful and educational, showing celestial images with their illuminating effects. The wonderful ambience displayed by the softly lit world globe is unmatched by any other gift items out there. An illuminated world globe can serve as a night light in the bedroom as well.