French Terrestrial Globe, ILLUMINATED

The whole world, labeled in French, with a light on inside. Mostly ocean, as usual.

This illuminated terrestrial globe comes from France and dates to the mid 20th century. It is glass with an aluminium base. Illuminated globes became popular home and office objects in the 20th century, with a lamp set inside to light the map from within. The printed surface shows the Americas in orange and yellow on a pale green sea, with blue lines tracing ocean currents across it. A slim metal arc holds the sphere above a stepped round base. Thirteen and a half inches high and ten wide.

Geography may have changed since. The Pacific has held firm.