The 1745 Vaugondy Terrestrial Globe is a magnificant replica of Robert De Vaugondy's work and rests on an impecably crafted wrought iron baroque stand. This piece beautifully captures essential elements of the 17th , 18th  century period.  

Our Vaugondy Globe is well placed on the baroque stand.  It's a remarkable piece, a mark of distinction in interior decor A great addition for the den, the office, or the business and makes an excellent gift.

 Measures 55 x 30 inches.

Some History

Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688 1766), also known as Le Sieur or Monsieur Robert, and his son, Didier Robert de Vaugondy (c.1723-1786), were leading mapmakers in France during the 1700s and produced their maps and globes as a father and son team. Globes of various sizes were made by gluing copperplate-printed gores on a plaster-finished papier-mache core, an expensive and complex manufacturing process, employing several specialists. In 1757, they published The Atlas Universel, one of the most important atlases of the 18th century. The Vaugondys integrated older sources with more modern surveyed maps in producing the atlas, verified and corrected the latitude and longitude of many regional maps in the atlas with astronomical observations. The older material was revised with the addition of many new place names. Didier Robert de Vaugondy was appointed geographer to Louis XV in In 1760.