Even if you can't wander the globe, you can still ponder the globe by installing one in your home or office.  Geographic world globes, of the tabletop variety, desk globes, and bar globes are always ideal gifts for any occasion.

Get ready to go on an astonishing journey across the earth! Today's world globes come in hundreds of different types and styles to help you find the perfect match for your particular needs.

Finding the perfect globe is easy with our huge selection of quality globes, whether you need an accent for home or office, a gift, or a specific reference tool for a student or professional.

Modern world globes offer exciting features including illumination, age and curriculum-specific educational information, and of course, up-to-the-minute mapping of the world's surface in as much detail as you demand.

Globes Make an Ideal Gift

Globes have come a long way since the pastel models of your 4th- grade classroom, so don't overlook them when it comes time for gift-giving. Modern globes utilize a dazzling array of styles and materials while continuing to help people stay up to date on rapidly changing political and geographical boundaries.



Replogle Globes
Replogle is a unique company with a unique story.  From the humble beginning in a Chicago apartment, Replogle today is the world's largest globe manufacturer.  Their expert cartographers and craftsmen ensure the most accurate information and attention to detail on every globe they produce.  From handcrafted masterpieces in the offices of presidents and dignitaries to classroom models that help students understand their world, our belief in the globe as a source of wonder hasn't changed.   Replogle has been making globes for 75 years.

Globe Q&A

Why are globes tilted?

Many globes are made to tilt at an angle of 23.5º to match the actual tilt of the Earth. Incidentally, it is this tilting of the Earth, relative to the sun as it orbits around it, that causes the seasons to change and give us more daylight hours at certain times of the year.

How do you find a specific location on a globe?
Because a globe is round with no beginning or end, there are two imaginary reference lines from which all distances and locations are determined; these are the equator and the prime meridian.

Equator: Runs East and West around the exact middle of the globe.

Prime Meridian: Imaginary line running from Pole to Pole and passing through Greenwich, England.

The equator and the prime meridian intersect at point '0' where all numbering starts with longitude and latitude lines.

Longitude: Imaginary lines running parallel with the prime meridian through each Pole and numbered in 15º increments.

Latitude: Imaginary lines running around the globe parallel to the equator at 10º increments.

Locations are uniquely identified on a globe by the point where the longitude and latitude lines intersect, i.e., Dallas, Texas is located 33º North (Latitude) 97º West (Longitude).

Why is a globe better than an atlas?

Actually, an atlas complements the globe and the globe complements the atlas. Each has features that, when used together, become an excellent reference and teaching tool. The advantage of a globe is that the world in its entirety is depicted on a sphere. As well as being functional, many globes also serve as attractive decorative accessories for homes and offices.

What are the globes made from?

Globes can be constructed from many materials, such as aluminum, plastic, acrylic, and Presscraft, which is a very dense and durable cardboard-like material.

What is an analemma?

An analemma is the figure-8 path that the sun makes in the sky across the course of a year. If you were to record the position of the sun in the sky at the same time everyday, you would notice over a year's time that the sun takes a rather strange path. At certain times during the year the sun's position not only varies higher and lower (North and South) in the sky, but also slightly East and West. By the end of the year, you would find that the sun makes a figure-8 pattern in the sky. Why? Two reasons. First, the earth is tilted on its axis at 23.5 degrees in relation to the plane of its orbit around the sun. Second, the earth does not orbit the sun in a circle, but in an elipse.

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