Age of Exploration Globe Ornament
$20.00
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Pickup available at Morgan Library & Museum
Usually ready in 2-4 days
A charming size, conveying the same historical detail as larger globe models, this ornament will make a perfect year-round decoration.
Father, Gilles Robert de Vaugondy, and son, Didier Robert de Vaugondy, were the leading mapmakers in France during the 1700s. Didier was appointed geographer to Louis XV in 1760 and published globes of various sizes, the biggest with a diameter of 2.6m, 8.5 feet! This globe features a Vaugondy map of 1745.