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The globe was also depicted on media and souvenirs promoting the fair. [33] The Unisphere's popularity was also increased by the presence of fountainheads around the globe's base, which cooled down fair visitors on hot days. [34] During the fair, dramatic lighting at night gave the effect of sunrise moving over the surface of the globe.
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below. [1]
The Lenox Globe. The Hunt–Lenox Globe or Lenox Globe, dating from about 1508, [1] is the second- or third-oldest known terrestrial globe, after the Erdapfel of Martin Behaim (1492) and the Ostrich Egg Globe (claimed [2] 1504). The Hunt-Lenox Globe is housed by the Rare Book Division of the New York Public Library. [1]
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Shallotte (/ ʃ ə ˈ l oʊ t / shuh-LOHT) [3] is a town in western Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,675 at the 2010 census . [ 4 ] The Shallotte River passes through the town.
The map carved on the globe is an extremely close, [1] if not identical, [2] match to the Hunt–Lenox Globe, a copper globe reliably dated to about 1510. The owner [ 2 ] of the Ostrich Egg Globe, Stefaan Missinne, claims that it was made in the early 16th century and is therefore the first globe ever to depict the New World .
Hundreds of thousands of travelers’ lost bags go unclaimed across the US every year. Their contents end up at a sprawling store in Alabama – the only one of its kind in the country.
North Carolina Highway 130 (NC 130) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway serves the towns and rural communities in southern Robeson County , connects Whiteville and Shallotte through the Green Swamp , and provides access to Holden Beach .