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Wooden Toy Globe

 

     In 1492, was also the year Christopher Columbus flies across Atlantic, Martin Bei Heym has completed a diameter 20 inch globe in Nuremberg. This globe is based on the map  according to "Geography Guide" by Ptolemy, therefore Bei Heym describes Asia than the actual number of extended, and the Atlantic than in fact many of the narrow. The early globe's manufacture process is as follows: Prints the long and narrow triangle chart block first, then cuts these chart block down, glues at the bowl. The most famous maker of globe in Gemany is the scholar of Qiong Han Ensi Shona. Two globe which he made in early 16th century had preserved until now.