The concept of the earth as a sphere has been around for centuries, emerging around the time of Pythagoras in the sixth century BC, and eventually becoming domi

A catalogue of globes held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, containing full entries on all items in the Museum's collection. The majority of entries

Advances in modern science and technology have made present-day terrestrial and celestial globes scientifically obsolete and aesthetically banal. From the Renai