Nord und Sud Pole zu Henze's Erd-Globus.

• Main Author: Henze, Adolf
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Adolf Henze 1891
• Subjects: Arctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
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With a diameter of 43 inches, these 24 gores form the largest printed globe produced in the 19th century.Dimensions are sheet size. 24 globe gores on thin paper. Adolf Henze (1814-1883) was an important printing innovator, best known for Chirogrammatomantie. He published a number of numismatic, economic and scientific works as well as a huge terrestrial globe. Beginning in 1865, Henze published the magazine ‘Illustrierter Anzeiger für Contor und Bureau’. Between 1885 and 1890 the magazine included at irregular intervals the segments for a 106 cm large impressive German terrestrial globe. The completed strips could, if sent to the publisher, for a fee, be mounted onto a sphere or supplied with a pneumatic kit to enable home assembly by inflation. "A TERRESTRIAL GLOBE 106 cm BY ADOLF HENZE, LEIPZIG 1891. A specimen of this globe can be found in the Duke of Ftirstenberg's castle In Donaueschingen near the source of the Danube. It stands In a collection of varia amongst penguins and pelicans, In the department of natural history. Coincidentally another one is in the director's room of the Museum of Natural History In Vienna. This globe, which Henze's publishers called a "giant globe", has an unusual origin. The publishers were engaged in numismatics and, beginning In 1865; edited a magazine entitled lllustrlrter Anzeiger fur Cantor und Bureau" (Illustrated magazine for office and premises). It was printed six times a year by Breitkopf & Haertl of Leipzig. It answered the merchant's questions about exchange rates, postal rules, new railway lines; dishonored bills and bonds, and copyright and patent matters and also gave descriptions of newly Issued coins. Particularly amusing to read were the stories of frauds. To make the magazine more attractive and to encourage continued subscription, supplements such as maps and conversion tables were included at no cost. In irregular intervals between 1885 and 1890 the 24 gores and 2 polar caps for a globe were added as supplements. These colour lithographs had been ...