Thanks for that link samclem, alhough that list isn’t completely accurate. I’ve got an old Replogle Starlight 12 inch globe also. Mine has “Philippine Islands” instead of “Philippines” which makes it 1946 or earlier, but it has “Israel” which puts it at 1948 or later. :dubious:
It has “Indo China” (not “French Indo China”) instead of Vietnam and Laos, and had just one Germany, and has Ceylon instead of Sri Lanka. Seems to be 1948ish.
It’s worth noting that not all producers of globes update their products the second a political change comes through the pipeline; I remember in the mid-90s seeing globes with unified Germany but divided Yemen long after each set had united. On the other hand, they won’t get too far out of whack.
I gave my mother a nice old globe (floor model) from about the 1940s (post war). She had asked for one for decorative purposes. I got this one from a library that was about to toss it.
When I visited with my mother a couple of years later, the globe was missing. I asked her about it. “Oh I threw it out. It wasn’t up to date.” That’s what I get for underrating her. (She’s 95 and wants a dictionary for Christmas.)
So according to the company web site this means it is 1957 or newer. Your earlier report of Somalia being Somaliland and French West Africa still being there means it is 1960 or older.
Did you get it narrowed down to a year? Apparently it is a 1957 or 1958 globe (there don’t seem to have been any 1959 changes).
If Egypt and Syria are still just Egypt and Syria rather than being listed as part of the United Arab Republic then it is 1957. Otherwise 1958.
And sorry for the Ivory Coast brain fart. Don’t know what aneurysm had me translating Gold Coast into Ivory Coast.
As a map geek, I would just like to say that I love this thread!
Aww, c’mon, everybody knows…
Love is what makes the world go around.
It’s not Germanic. It’s the Polish spelling (well, Polish also has an accent on the “o”). In German, it’s Krakau. I’ve always spelled it “Krakow,” and “Cracow” looks weird to my eyes, although I know it’s spelled that way in English, too.
Yeah, using the company’s website I figure it’s from '58.
I think the important question is, can we date a 16-year-old globe?