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LUNAR GLOBES

Please email me information about any lunar globes - or hemispheres - that you know of which are not mentioned here. Thanks!

Thanks to manufacturers/vendors for use of globe images!


1661 Wren - First lunar globe. No copy exists but it is shown in a painting of Sir Christopher Wren.

1797 Russell - Magnificent 300 mm diameter globe with brass circles. Globe moves to illustrate librations.

1839: Wilhelmine Witte (1777-1854) produced a globe in two hemispheres based on Madler's map. Madler showed the globe to Alexander Humboldt and Sir John Herschel and the globe was later donated to Kestner Museum in Hanover. Madlermarried Frau Witte daughter too!

1880s? Flammarion and Gaudibert - Moon Globe

1960s University of Arizona, Tucson -  Two hemispheres (one in front of the museum and one inside), ~ 5 ft diameter.

1960s Hastings, Nebraska - Globe entrance to planetarium

1960: Pergamon Moon Globe - Diameter 33 cm. A reproduction is available for 125 British Pounds.

1963 Replogle - 8" globe

1969 Rand McNally - 14" high

1969 George Philip and Son - Moon Globe

1990s Sky & Telescope - 12" so-called NASA Globe, is it the same as the Rand , $50

2004 Columbus Globe - Lunar Globe made in Germany, 26 cm diameter. Available 98 British Pounds.