Rand McNally & Co. 18" terrestrial globe, housed in a fully calibrated brass meridian, supported on a pinion and set into horizon band with applied paper calendar and zodiac, raised upon a tripodal Rococo style mahogany stand with foliate forms and scroll feet. Twelve-color lithograph globe gores having RAND MCNALLY & COMPANY TERRESTRIAL GLOBE 18 INCH in cartouche, with copyright information below and above legend identifying submarine telegraph cables and isothermal lines for January and July, as well as analemma to Pacific Ocean. Circa 1920-1924. Note: This globe shows the name of St. Petersburg, Russia as Petrograd. This city held this name from September 1, 1914, until January 26, 1924, when it was subsequently renamed Leningrad. The globe also shows the then British Colony of Kenya which was known as the East Africa Protectorate before 1920.

CONDITION: Discoloration and fading throughout commensurate with age. Scattered losses and wear to areas within Greenland, the Caribbean, the Pacific Ocean, and off of the west African coast. Largest losses are in the Pacific and mostly filled, largest measuring 1 5/8" x 7/8". Dent near the Antarctic measuring 1/2" dia. Minute scattered separations, primarily at hemisphere of Atlantic Ocean. Minor stable tear at Iceland, measuring 2 1/2" L. Errant mark to Atlantic measuring 3 1/4" L. Scattered discoloration and losses to band, largest measuring 3/8" x 2/14".