The Mercator Hanging Globe can hang from the ceiling to save desk and floor space. It's a great piece for the den, office, business, or exhibits.  It's attractive and adds interest in a space.

Measurements: 12.5x18.5

Some History:

Gerardus Mercator (5 March 1512 - 2 December 1594) was a Flemish cartographer.  He is remembered for the Mercator projection world map named after him.  After several map productions, he was appointed Court Cosmographer to Wilhelm, Duke of J�lich-Cleves-Berg in 1564.

Mercator constructed a new nautical chart with parallel lines of longitude to aid navigation by sea, as compass courses could be marked as straight lines; he first used it in 1569.  He produced his own atlas in various parts, the first of which was published in 1578.  Maps of Germany, France, and the Netherlands were added in 1585, Greece and the Balkans in 1588. Other maps were published in 1595 after his death by his son Rumold Mercator.