Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Official R.E. Byrd Expedition Globe and Pamphlet, Barowe, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, composed of twelve colored gores, showing the major shipping routes and their distances, Russia marked as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, cartouche reading "Official R.E. Byrd Globe," with analemma, hour-ring at north pole, all resting on a cast-metal scroll support and turned walnut base, the pictorial pamphlet titled Highlights of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, globe ht. 18 in.
Estimate $150-250
pamphlet with water staining, spine tears, ect.
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R.E. Byrd, ChicagoJonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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