Antique globe – Windels (plaster)

Interesting Belgian didactic globe by L. Windels. 3rd edition. Period: 1920 – 1925. In French. Plaster on cast iron tripod. Signs of age (discolouration, stains or paper loss in places – see photos). There are several ethnographic images on the globe. It refers to 'races', including Race Rouge, Race Blanche, Race Noire, Malais and Race Jaune. The globe shows, among other things: * European colonial areas * Belgian Congo * Very extensive shipping routes * Telegraph cables * Railways * Ocean currents * Explorers' journeys * Routes of explorers * Cities and borders as they existed at that time. The legend at the bottom even indicates with letters which European country owned which colony. So it is not only a decorative globe: it is a snapshot of the geopolitical and geographical knowledge of Belgium in the early 1920s. Collector's item. Height: 56cm Diameter: 33cm Weight: 4.25kg Labelled.