Betts's Portable Terrestrial Globe. / Betts, John / 1915

Betts's Portable Terrestrial Globe. Betts, John, 1915

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Full Title: By The Queens Royal Letters Patent. Betts's Portable Terrestrial Globe. Compiled from The Latest and Best Authorities. British Empire coloured red. London: George Philip & Son Ltd. 32 Fleet Street. Liverpool: Philip Son & Nephew Ltd. 45-51, South Castle Street.

Author: Betts, John

Date: 1915

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Author: Betts, John

Date: 1915

Short Title: Betts's Portable Terrestrial Globe.

Publisher: London: George Philip & Son Ltd.

Type: Globe

Object Height cm: 38

Object Width cm: 38

Scale 1: 33,750,000

Note: Undated 15-inch hanging globe, with the date of 1915 estimated by the Panama Canal (1914) and Austria Hungary (prior to WW I). George Philip took over production from Betts around 1880, and examples appear as late as 1932 (Welsh Sale #364).

Reference: cf Christie's 20 May 1992, Globes, #354; Dekker p.127; Welsh Sale #363,364.

World Area: World

List No: 4478.000

Series No: 1

Published In: By The Queens Royal Letters Patent. Betts's Portable Terrestrial Globe. Compiled from The Latest and Best Authorities. British Empire coloured red. London: George Philip & Son Ltd. 32 Fleet Street. Liverpool: Philip Son & Nephew Ltd. 45-51, South Castle Street.

Publication Author: Betts, John

Publication Date: 1915

Publication Reference: cf Christie's 20 May 1992, Globes, #354; Dekker p.127; Welsh Sale #363,364.

Publication Note: See note field above.

Publication List No: 4478.000

Publication Type: Globe

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 38

Publication Width cm: 38

Image No: 4478000

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