globe

     

A globe is a three-imensional scale model of Earth (terrestrial globe) or other spheroid celestial body such as a planet, star, or moon. It may also (celestial globe) refer to a spherical representation of the celestial sphere, showing the apparent positions of the stars in the sky.

Trivia about globe

  • One made by Martin Behaim in 1492 may have influenced Columbus to sail west to Asia
  • To a Frenchman, it's a sphere on which a map of the Earth is depicted
  • This type of sphere with a map of the Earth depicted on it has a name from the Latin for "sphere"
  • To have a map of the entire Earth that has the least distortion, you have to buy one of these objects
  • Boston:It's a whole new world
  • Tulsa has The World; Boston has this depiction of the world
  • Tulsa's newspaper is called The World; Boston's is named for this object that depicts the world
  • The efforts of American actor Sam Wannamaker built this theatre where you can watch Shakespeare today
  • San Diego's "old" version of this much older London theater first opened in the 1930s
  • Shakespeare was part owner of Blackfriars Theatre in London & this other one where many of his plays premiered
  • Golden ____trotter
  • Richard & Cuthbert Burbage's 1599 ediface:The ____ Theatre

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