COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Index: Patent folding globe.
Obj Height cm:
31
Obj Width cm:
51
Note:
Pop-up map case opened to show the Index (left) and the folded globe (right). Instructions are provided for the teacher as well as a Key corresponding to the numbers on the map.
Reference:
Warner p132; Welsh sale catalogue (Sotheby's New York) #405.
Full Title:
(Index to) Townsend's Patent Folding Globe ... Publishers: George M. Smith & Co., 129 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. Dennis Townsend, Felchville, Windsor County Vt. Edward E. Rice & Co., Steam Job Printers, 5 Hawley Street, Boston, Mass. (On the cover of the folder holding the collapsed globe; on the globe itself: "Patented by Dennis Townsend Feb. 16, 1869").
List No:
3891B
Series No:
2
Pub Date:
1870
Pub Title:
Townsend's Patent Folding Globe ... Publishers: George M. Smith & Co., 129 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. Dennis Townsend, Felchville, Windsor County Vt. Edward E. Rice & Co., Steam Job Printers, 5 Hawley Street, Boston, Mass. (On the cover of the folder holding the collapsed globe; on the globe itself: "Patented by Dennis Townsend Feb. 16, 1869").
Pub Reference:
Warner p132; Welsh sale catalogue (Sotheby's New York) #405.
Pub Note:
Townsend's second collapsible globe with an internal mechanism for holding it open. The first collapsible Townsend globe was held open by an external stand - apparently no examples exist. Townsend was a school teacher in Vermont and later in California. His interest in globes was to produce a cheap globe that could be owned and used by students instead of a flat "map which, without explanation, is a false illustration, and can be understood only by a process of reasoning entirely beyond the mind of the child" (from Townsend's "Folding Globe Lessons"). This copy is presumed to be the second issue of this globe - an earlier issue has a somewhat different folder with only Townsend listed as publisher. However, it is not certain that both examples were not produced simultaneously in different cities. Both Globes are dated the same. Originally from the Welsh Collection. With a photocopy of Townsend's Folding-Globe Lessons, and an original advertising flyer for the globe.
Pub List No:
3891.000
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
31
Pub Width cm:
26
Image No:
3891B
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 1998
Publisher Location:
Felchville, Vermont
Publisher:
Dennis Townsend
Publisher Location:
Boston
Publisher:
George M. Smith
Type:
Index Page
World Area:
World
Publication Author:
Townsend, Dennis
Pub Type:
Globe
Author:
Townsend, Dennis
Date:
1870
Index: Patent folding globe.
