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 ![Pair of DeMongenet Globes](/sites/g/files/omnuum6316/files/chsi/files/globes_med.png)

 

**Celestial and Terrestrial Globes**  
  
**These miniature globes are only 3.5 inches in diameter. One represents the Earth and the other the starry sky. They are fashioned from gore-shaped sections of woodcut-printed maps glued to wooden spheres. These maps were issued by mathematician & geographer, François DeMongenet, of Vesoul, France, in 1552.**  
 **CHSI Inv. Number [1997-1-2060a](https://qrgo.page.link/Ty6dN), [1997-1-2060b,](https://qrgo.page.link/5B5AK)  
Date: circa 1552  
François DeMongenet  
  
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