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Here you will find a wide range of quality globes and globe accessories for the home, for commercial use, or for the education sector. We offer an unrivalled choice of globes, including the illuminated globe, desktop globes, floor standing globes, terrestrial globes and more.Shopping online with Cranville World of Globes is quick and easy and you will find a wide selection of products in our elite globe collection. From grand and impressive floor standing globes, the stunning and atmospheric illuminated globe, to desktop globes for children, we can offer quality globes at reasonable prices.
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• An illuminated globe
• Magnificent floor standing globes
• Desktop globes
• Globes for children
• Astrological globes
• Contemporary and decorative globes
Whether you are looking for an illuminated globe as an interesting lighting option, or contemporary globes to compliment your home decor, you will find something to suit your requirements here at Cranville World of Globes.
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For decorative or functional purposes, our globes are more than mere ornaments; you will be fascinated by these beautiful globes used in physical sciences, education, and the arts. While being a wonderful work of art, a globe is also an important reference source containing vast amounts of physical data. So shop online today and find a wide selection of products, including floor standing globes, desktop globes and children’s globes, or browse our illuminated globes collection.
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Established in 1992 as part of the Cranville group, Cranville World of Globes is a family run company based in the UK. We specialise in the procurement and retail of beautiful quality globes, and it’s our mission is to provide an unparalleled selection for you to choose from. Whether you have your heart set on a striking illuminated globe or you want something more contemporary, you can be sure to get the best customer service.
We are dedicated to providing all of our customers with quality globes at great prices, with the best possible service and a friendly personal touch. Working in partnership with trusted manufacturers, we constantly add to our extensive product collection and we’re extremely passionate about what we do. .
Globes fall into two main categories: Terrestrial and Celestial. Terrestrial globes are circular maps of the world, and Celestial Globes assume earth as being at the centre of the universe to map the stars in spherical form. A globe is the only "true" map of the world because they can be accurately scaled in relationships of places, directions, or distances. The actual flattening of the true earth at its poles and "fattening" around the equator are such small, real distortions that they don't appear at the scale of most globes. The sphere constituting the globe is mounted on an axle and stand so it can be rotated like the earth. The axle's tilt (23.5°) is the same as Earth's rotation on its axis (relative to the plane in which it orbits the Sun).
There are many types of globes within the classification of terrestrial globes. A physical globe depicts Earth as the astronauts see it .Although physical globes emphasize natural landmass (sometimes showing them in relief), the features and depths of the bottom of the sea can also be shown. A typical Celestial globe, the political globe shows the continents of the world in a variety of colours as well as other features of civilization like populations of cities and size. Varieties of celestial globes extend to globes of our planets Solar system. Thanks to satellite imagery and other major technological advances, all globes Terrestrial and Celestial can be mapped out with extreme accuracy
Definition of Globe Terminology
DUAL MAPPING: This applies to some Illuminated Globes. When the light is switched on you can see the physical world, and then the light is off you can see the political country boundaries and star constellations.
EQUATOR: Imaginary Line Running east and west around the exact middle of the globe
PRIME MERIDIAN: Imaginary line running from pole to pole and passing through Greenwich (UK), home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory
ZERO POINT: The equator and the prime meridian intersect at this point "0". This is where all numbering starts for longitude & latitude lines.
LATITUDE: Imaginary lines running around the globe parallel to the equator at 10 or 15 degree increments.
LONGITUDE: Imaginary Lines running from pole to pole numbered in 15-degree increments from the Prime Meridian
23.5 DEGREES: The angle of the earths tilt as it flies through space. Most Replogle globes are made to reflect this angle
MERIDIAN: A full or semi-circle metal arc used to hold the globe in place. Meridians are generally numbered in degrees from 0° at the equator to 90° at either pole.
TIME DIAL: If it is noon where you are, turn the time dial so that noon faces your global location. The other numbers on the dial now show the time in the rest of the world.
42° N, 88°W: Locations are identified on a globe by the point where the longitude and latitude lines intersect. 42° North, 88° West
