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Earth globe of the geographer and cartographer of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Jan Felkl

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£2,452.38
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Tabletop globe made by Austro-Hungarian Empire geographer and cartographer Jan Felkl in the second half of the 19th century. In addition to the spatial map, ocean currents are shown. Turned wood base and ebonized ebonized papier-mâché and plaster ball covered with the spindles and lithographic printing caps. Good condition, cleaning and conservation restoration. Measures 30x60 cm - 12x23.6 inches. Until the early twentieth century, spheres for globes were produced as in the early days: two papier-mâché hemispheres pressed and molded on or into a hemispherical mold, dried and strengthened inside with a wooden board, then glued and covered with a thin layer of plaster, onto this substrate were glued the globe spindles of areas between two meridians, usually twelve in paper previously printed from copper plate etching and colored, each covering 30 degrees of longitude. Man has always wanted to know the world in which he lives and has used all available means to measure the space around him to expand his knowledge more and more. The conditions that enabled humans to develop models of the world and space were probably realized only after thinking had reached a stage of development where it understood that natural processes could be represented through a model. As early as ancient Greece, naturalists had come to understand the sphericity of the Earth and its position suspended in space. The earliest known globe is the one attributed by Strabo, a historian and geographer, to the Greek Cratetes of Mallo (c.a. 150 a. C.). The first globes in the early 16th century were built under the impetus of the great geographical explorations and immediately began to be used for educational purposes at princely courts, monasteries, and colleges; the globe later began to conquer university circles and high and lower schools. It will be with the nineteenth century of great commerce, circulation and the introduction of compulsory schooling that the desire to learn about distant countries will increase, making the old method of globe construction inadequate. Spindles printed from engraved plates are no longer enough, and the only real resource becomes lithography through which it is possible to print and update maps in a timely manner, which as more and more geographical discoveries are made in different countries become more diverse. Jan Felkl (1817-1878) was born in Bohemia and as early as 1840 made illustrated elevations for globes in 6 different sizes. Over the next twenty years, it grew to become the largest globe manufactory in the Austro-Hungarian market, producing terrestrial and celestial globes, in 17 different languages, as well as lunar, planetary and tellurian globes. Felkl presented his globes at the 1867 World's Fair in Paris and in 1873 in Vienna. The first globes were produced by carving and coloring the segments by hand. Felkl founded his own Geographical and Lithographic Institute in Prague to produce globes and maps. In 1870 Felkl moved the factory from Prague to Roztok and took his younger son as a partner in his company renamed Felkl & Son, producing globes for export, throughout Europe and even the United States. The business grew to employ more than 40 people, even opening a branch in Vienna. The main customers were: schools, public institutions and libraries. After Jan Felkl's death the business was continued by the family until the early 1900s.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 23.6 in (59.95 cm)Diameter: 12 in (30.48 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Period:
    1870-1879
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1870
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Milan, IT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1020245940952

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