Wyld's Great Globe
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wyld-s-great-globe-178-646425
title:
Wyld's Great Globe
text:
Wyld's Great Globe was an attraction situated in London's Leicester Square between 1851 and 1862, constructed by James Wyld (1812–1887), a distinguished mapmaker and former Member of Parliament for Bodmin. At the centre of a purpose-built hall was a giant globe, 60 feet 4 inches (18.39 m) in diameter. The globe was hollow and contained a staircase and elevated platforms which members of the public could climb in order to view the surface of the Earth on its concave interior, modelled in plaster
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyld%27s_Great_Globe
date created:
2007-03-01T10:08:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T05:51:27Z
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13
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