Cartavel

HOUSE OF CARTOGRAPHY

The world, drawn the old way.

A cabinet of hand-finished globes, archival reproductions of antique maps and nautical charts, atlases and brass instruments — catalogued plate by plate.

The plate index

30 plates catalogued
Meridian illuminated floor globe
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Nº 01 · Globes

The Meridian Floor Globe

A 50 cm terrestrial sphere built up from twelve hand-laid gores, cradled in a full graduated brass meridian and lit from within — the centrepiece of the cabinet.

Diameter
50 cm · 76 cm overall
Scale
1 : 25 000 000
Mounting
Full meridian, illuminated
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