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Terrestrial globe or world map, with sea currents, drawn up by the geographer J.Forest*, 17-19 rue de Buci in Paris, Girard et Barrère Editeurs, scale 1/50,000,000, blackened wooden base, early period mid-20th century.
This globe is in good general condition. It is signed on the side.
Note: some accidents on the globe, slight dent at the top (see red arrow), cracks and gaps on the globe, some stains and wear from time, see photos (see red arrows).
is a French geographer and cartographer. In 1886, he founded his publishing house of maps and plans, world maps, globes, terrestrial and celestial spheres, tables and wall maps for teaching at 17-19, rue de Buci in Paris and remains at 1, place du 13 October in Bagneux. Supplier to schools since 1889 and approved by the Ministry of Public Education, it also offered a globe lighter in its catalog. Appointed advisor to France's foreign trade in 1912, whose work he regularly monitored, he was reappointed in this role in 1922.
