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  2. Erdapfel - Wikipedia

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    Behaim-Globe, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, height 133 cm (52 in) Behaim’s Erdapfel Modern recreation of the gores of the Erdapfel Oceanic area described on the Martin Behaim globe. The Erdapfel ( German for 'earth apple'; pronounced [ˈeːɐ̯tˌʔapfl̩] ⓘ ) is a terrestrial globe 51 cm (20 in) in diameter, produced by Martin ...

  3. Globus Jagellonicus - Wikipedia

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    Jagiellonian globe. The Jagiellonian globe, also known as the Globus Jagellonicus, is a mechanical armillary sphere made in France before 1510. It is an astronomical instrument and a universal clock tracking both local solar time and sidereal time. The central brass sphere is engraved with a map of Earth and contains the clock mechanism.

  4. Spherical Earth - Wikipedia

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    Spherical Earth or Earth's curvature refers to the approximation of the figure of the Earth to a sphere. The concept of a spherical Earth gradually displaced earlier beliefs in a flat Earth during classical antiquity and the Middle Ages. The figure of the Earth is more accurately described as an ellipsoid, which was realized in the early modern ...

  5. Even in the age of Google Earth, people still buy globes ...

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    Find a globe in your local library or classroom and try this: Close the eyes, spin it and drop a finger randomly on its curved, glossy surface. In the age of Google Earth, watches that triangulate ...

  6. Eco-Earth Globe - Wikipedia

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    Eco-Earth Globe, sometimes referred to simply as Eco Earth, [1] is an outdoor sculpture depicting a globe, located in Riverfront Park in Salem, Oregon, in the United States. Completed in 2003, the globe was converted from an acid storage ball with a 26-foot (7.9 m) diameter that previously belonged to Boise Cascade , a pulp and paper company .

  7. Ellen Eliza Fitz - Wikipedia

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    Ellen Eliza Fitz was born in 1835 in Kingston, New Hampshire.When she was a child, she moved to Massachusetts and grew up in Lynnfield and Newton.She grew to be scholarly and curious, spending most of her time as a teenager translating classical texts, such as the Eclogues of Virgil and publishing poetry. [1]

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