فهرست مطالب
Cover
Title
Dedication
Contents
Preface xi
Glossary xii
Chapter 1: How It All Began 1
Chapter 2: Round Earth Rolls: Understanding Our Place in the Infinite Universe 17
Chapter 3: How to Make a Sphere 33
Chapter 4: Making a Map of the World 57
Chapter 5: The (Near) Impossible Task of Goring 79
Chapter 6: The Hunt for Churchill’s Globe 107
Chapter 7: The Meridian and Engraving: Where Are All the Foundries? 119
Chapter 8: The Colours of the Earth: Painting the Globe 135
Chapter 9: Spinning the Globe: Building the Base 163
Chapter 10: Organic Growth 181
Epilogue 205
Acknowledgements 212
Index 214
Photo Credits
A Note on the Author
Copyright
Title
Dedication
Contents
Preface xi
Glossary xii
Chapter 1: How It All Began 1
Chapter 2: Round Earth Rolls: Understanding Our Place in the Infinite Universe 17
Chapter 3: How to Make a Sphere 33
Chapter 4: Making a Map of the World 57
Chapter 5: The (Near) Impossible Task of Goring 79
Chapter 6: The Hunt for Churchill’s Globe 107
Chapter 7: The Meridian and Engraving: Where Are All the Foundries? 119
Chapter 8: The Colours of the Earth: Painting the Globe 135
Chapter 9: Spinning the Globe: Building the Base 163
Chapter 10: Organic Growth 181
Epilogue 205
Acknowledgements 212
Index 214
Photo Credits
A Note on the Author
Copyright
