This 12 inches French globe has "Lebegue and Cie " on its tag , Paris (J. LEBEGUE & CIE / EDITES. / 30, rue de Lille, / PARIS). They also come as J. L & C for the smaller size, this company was a School supply company at the turn of the 19th. century. Wood base with brass orb ,the globe is plastered ball with 12 colored lithographed paper gores, political boundaries colored in outline, showing railway , track , telegraph cable route , steamship navigation tracks ocean currents and floating algae .There is the name of the native American tribes on the US territory, overall fresh color , Free state of Congo (The Congo Free State was a private kingdom owned by Leopold II of Belgium between about 1877 and 1908), Antarctica is not yet explored , that point to early 1890's, presence of South and North Dakota ( 1889 ).The condition is very good for a piece of this age, the globe is bigger than an 12" American size .The base is in the manner of Violet Leduc a designer of the Second Empire with compass on the base.; Size: globe D. 14nches , H.23 , overall good condition , .

Reserve: $620.00

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