Description of the Lausanne globes – Les Globes de Mercator de l'UNIL

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Printing plates

Posted on 6 January 2017 by centre informatique4 August 2020

To print the terrestrial globe in 1541, Mercator used copper plates for the first time. He would use copper again ten years later to make his celestial globe […]

Stands

Posted on 5 January 2017 by centre informatique20 November 2018

The horizon rings are made of several dovetailed pieces of oak decorated with printed information […]

Horizon rings

Posted on 4 January 2017 by centre informatique20 November 2018

The horizon rings are made of several dovetailed pieces of oak decorated with printed information […]

Composition of the spheres

Posted on 3 January 2017 by centre informatique29 July 2020

This page presents the composition of the terrestrial globe in detail, from the inside towards the outside, thanks to stratigraphic cross-sections and an analysis of the constituent materials […]

Shells and layers

Posted on 2 January 2017 by centre informatique13 November 2018

Each sphere is built of two hemispheres comprising multiple thin layers made of alternating materials. These inside layers are composed of cellulosic fibres […]