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Britannia Desk Globe Oak

The stylish and hand crafted Britannia Desk Globe by Bellerby & Co. is a truly astonishing contemporary piece boasting unique details and beauty. The up to date globe, painted in distinctive tones of blue and sepia, sits elegantly on a sturdy 200 years old oak wooden base.The cartography, correct as of 2011, shows country and regional borders, rivers and capitals. Names of mountain ranges, seas and oceans are indicated as well as longitude at 10 degree intervals, equator and tropics lines. The information is lettered in a custom 18th-century font designed by James Mosley, a distinguished typographer who ran St Bride's printing library on Fleet Street for most of the last half of the nineteenth century.The solid 7 cm high base is made of 200 year old reclaimed oak wood, fitted with
roller bearings to enable fluid movement in any direction by hand. The globe comes in its own bespoke, luxury carry case.Produced in a limited edition, the Bellerby Britannia desk globe is an impressive, timeless and exclusive piece. More information about this globe:The mapping is firstly printed to an impression of 2, 800 dots per inch, in outline with light coastal shadow. The gores are each hand cut, then laid on the globe using a technique Bellerby have developed, similar to traditional methods. Each globe is then skilfully and delicately hand painted using the best available pigments which Bellerby mix to make their own colours. Several thin coats of clear gloss varnish are applied to the finished globe to enhance and protect from UV the finished edition.

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The stylish & hand crafted Britannia Desk Globe by Bellerby & Co. is a truly astonishing contemporary piece boasting unique details & beauty. The up to date globe, painted in distinctive tones of blue & sepia, sits elegantly on a sturdy 200 years old oak wooden base. The cartography, correct as of 2011, shows country & regional borders, rivers & capitals. Names of mountain ranges, seas & oceans are indicated as well as longitude at 10 degree intervals, equator & tropics lines. The information is lettered in a custom 18th-century font designed by James Mosley, a distinguished typographer who ran St Bride's printing library on Fleet Street for most of the last half of the nineteenth century. The solid 7 cm high base is made from 200 year old reclaimed oak wood, fitted with roller bearings to enable fluid movement in any direction by h&. The globe comes in its own bespoke, luxury carry case. Produced in a limited edition, the Bellerby Britannia desk globe is an impressive, timeless & exclusive piece. More information about this globe: The mapping is firstly printed to an impression of 2, 800 dots per inch, in outline with light coastal shadow. The gores are each hand cut, then laid on the globe using a technique Bellerby have developed, similar to traditional methods. Each globe is then skilfully & delicately hand painted using the best available pigments which Bellerby mix to make their own colours. Several thin coats of clear gloss varnish are applied to the finished globe to enhance & protect from UV the finished edition.

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Contemporary - Modern era design

Inch - Equivalent to approximately 2.5cm

Contemporary - A design reference to indicate post war modern design

Blue - A primary colour

Hand - A part of the body at the end of the arm

Hand - A pointer which indicates time on a clock face

Cm - Centimetres, one centimetre is equal to 10 milimetres

Wooden - Something that is made from wood, from trees

Date - A day on a calendar

Date - A social activity whith a current or potential partner

UV - Ultraviolet - a specific wavelength of light invisible to the human eye

Hand Crafted - A item which has been produced or finished by hand. This tends to give a uniquie one off apearance to the item. It is usually non-mass produced.

Stylish - A desirable design or layout

Desk - A piece of furniture often used in and office for writing or computer use

Wood - A hard material found in trees. Used for tool making, fuel and construction.

Year - The time it takes the planet earth to orbit the sun. This takes around 365.25 days.

Traditional - Something that has become the same through a period of time and thus repeated.

Contemporary - An object that is living in the same time.

Traditional - Something that has been around for a while and is repeated regularly.

Luxury - An exquisite way of living, an sometimes come at a higher price.

Bearings - A direction or a way someone moves around.

Exclusive - Something that is not including other things.

Limited Edition - Something that has a small amount of repeats available.

Degree - An angle measurement, also can be the measurement of an extent that something happens, can also relate to an university academic measurement.

Year - 365 days (366 days in a leap year), the time taken for planet earth to make one full revolution around the sun.

degree - The extremity of something or the angle. Can also relate to a university achievement.

Regional - An adjective to describe a set geographic area.

Solid - Something that is firm and not liquid, a hard shape that cannot be changed easily.

Oak - A member of the beech tree family that has acorns growing on it.

Borders - A line that sometimes can be built up separating off an area, e.g. countries "the welsh boarder"

Sturdy - something hat is very stable and is solidly built.

Limited Edition - When something had been made with not a lot of copies.

Shadow - A dark shape crated by something being in the way of light reaching a surface.

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Stanfords was established in 1853 and opened their iconic Covent Garden flagship store in 1901. They have become the top retailer of maps, travel books and accessories in the UK and arguably offer the largest selection of maps and travel books worldwide. Famous names such as Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Ranulph Fiennes and Michael Palin have purchased from Stanfords. They now have a shop in Bristol and both stores together with other venues operate a calendar of events including talks, book signings and exhibitions. As a specialist map retailer, the map selection is comprehensive and includes road maps, street maps and walking maps from worldwide destinations, as well as a selection of world atlases and wall maps. Books include travel guides and travel literature. Stanfords also stock globes, from miniatures made of blue marble to magnificent floor-standing globes. The website features a selection of interesting articles on travel topics.

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