The Biggest Globes Money Can Buy
by Mark Jeffery, globemaker at goodwoodglobes
Some globes are simply huge. Whether it’s a 40-inch diameter political globe suspended over a minimalist stainless steel base, or a 50-inch diameter physical globe mounted within a hand-engraved brass meridian and hand-crafted oak horizon band, these are globes that can’t be ignored.
Here’s our curated collection of some of the biggest, most beautiful globes available from globemakers around the world.
The Blue Planet – Large World Globes
These 31½-inch diameter globes may be the shiniest globes money can buy! The oceans are blue, the deserts are yellow, the forests are green; the relief is shaded and the place names are sparse and simple.
Prices: €5,000 (around $5,500)
The Galileo – Bellerby & Co Globemakers
The Galileo would look at home in a library from any of the past four centuries. Hand-crafted by London globemakers Bellerby & Co, this 31½-inch diameter globe may be mounted in a variety of traditional floor stands.
Bellerby & Co also offer a striking range of contemporary stands for their 31½-inch diameter globes.
Prices: £15,150 – £18,950 (around $20,000 – $25,000)
Columbus Magnum Plus – Columbus Globes
This impressive 40-inch diameter floor globe is mounted on a beautifully designed steel stand that allows the globe to be tilted, rotated and, above all, seen. Lesser globemakers who insist on clumsy, obstructive wooden frames should take note.
The Columbus Magnum is hand-assembled, hand-covered and illuminated, with either political or physical cartography.
Price: $13,395
The Churchill – Bellerby & Co Globemakers
The largest globe in the Bellerby & Co collection is the magnificent 50-inch diameter Churchill. Mounted in an oak or walnut base with a brass meridian, it would not look out of place in the most sumptuous of settings.
Watch this video of the Churchill spinning on its axes to get an idea of the quality of Bellerby & Co craftsmanship.
Prices: £71,800 – £79,000 (around $96,000 – $105,000)
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