Lot 497: George Philip and Son Ltd 12 Inch Challenge Globe

A Danish-made terrestrial globe produced for the British market, comprising printed paper gores over a 12-inch diameter sphere. The globe features a physical cartography style with colour-coded natural vegetation zones including tundra, high land, and tropical rain forest. It is mounted on a brass-finished graduated metal meridian ring, supported by a brass-finished pedestal on a circular turned wooden base. Geopolitical details include the post-1964 Tanzania, the post-1965 Rhodesia, and Botswana, which gained independence in 1966.

The globe bears a printed cartouche reading PHILIPS’ / TRUE TO LIFE / 12′ CHALLENGE GLOBE / George Philip & Son Ltd, London / © Replogle, Chicago – Scan-Globe Copenhagen Corporation / 66. A detailed legend includes city population symbols with capitals indicated by stars, ocean current indicators for warm and cold, and a Natural Scale of 1 : 41,849,600. The base of the legend is printed with the origin Made in Denmark.