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Bellerby, Peter.
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Bellerby & Co.
Globe industry -- History.
Globes -- Design and construction.
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Bellerby, Peter.
Bellerby & Co.
Globe industry -- History.
Globes -- Design and construction.
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The
globemakers
: the
curious
story
of an
ancient
craft
/ Peter Bellerby.
by
Bellerby, Peter.
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.
Call #:
338.761912 B442g
Subjects
Bellerby & Co.
Globe industry -- History.
Globes -- Design and construction.
ISBN:
9781639731565 (hc)
Description:
xv, 217 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Summary:
"The beautifully illustrated
story
of our globe and the globes it has inspired, told from inside the workshop of one of the world’s last
globemakers
, with four-color photos throughout. Many of us encounter a globe as children. We find a grown-up and ask, “Where are we?” They spin the globe and point to a minuscule dot amidst a massive expanse of sea and land. Thousands of questions follow. A profound convergence of art and science, a globe is the ultimate visualization of our place in our galaxy and universe. To be a globemaker requires a knowledge of geography, skilled engineering, drawing, and painting, and only a few people in history have ever really mastered the
craft
. When Peter Bellerby set out to make a globe for his father's eightieth birthday, after failing to find a suitable one to purchase, he had no idea where the process would lead. He went on to establish Bellerby & Co, one of the only artisan
globemakers
in the world. The
Globemakers
brings us inside Bellerby’s gorgeous studio to learn how he and his team of cartographers and artists bring these stunning celestial, terrestrial, and planetary objects to life. Along the way he tells stories of his adventure and the luck along the way that shaped the company. A full-color photographic portrait of a lost art, The
Globemakers
is an enlightening exploration of globes, or “earth apples,” as they were first known, and their ability to show us ourselves and our place in an infinite universe."--Publisher.
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Halifax North Memorial Public Library
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338.761912 B442g
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