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In every detail of its creation, the Everest Globe has received meticulous attention.
Peerless artisans have lent their skills to craft each of the globe's components.
- The Everest Globe stands 38 inches high at the top of the meridian and 31 inches
wide. The sphere itself is 20 inches in diameter. When lit from the inside, the
Everest Globe portrays the physical face of our world. Ocean depths, mountain
ranges, deserts. With the light turned off, you view the political world and its
continents, countries and cities.
- The patented "two worlds in one" map features 24 layers of printing, rendering
rich colors and details crisp, and is hand-lacquered for a highly polished effect.
These two exacting processes give your illuminated Everest Globe the appearance of
delicate stained glass.
- The political map offers approximately 6,500 place names as well as land mass
heights, ocean depths, and warm and cool current movements. Geographic features such
as mountain ranges and ice caps are also represented in minute detail. The highly
articulated physical map shines dramatically through when the globe is lit.
Special lighting offers variable levels of illumination.
THE BASE
National Geographic searched the world to find just the right hardwoods for the hand-carved
base that supports the Everest Globe. In Germany, they discovered the finest maple and
hornbeam.
National Geographic called together a team of talented European woodworkers to build one of
the most well made pieces of furniture you will ever own. A beautiful focal point for any
room, the base glows with a deep-gloss finish that highlights the carved detailing on the
rim and legs.
Carefully lathed, carved, sanded, and finished by hand, each Everest Globe base exhibits
qualities of balance and design uncommon in today's world.
THE INLAY
When National Geographic considered the inlaid markings that curve around the top rim of
the base, we honored the centuries old tradition of using iridescent mother-of-pearl.
From the depths of the ocean, National Geographic has chosen only the finest shells of
non-endangered species to send to European artisans who specialize in heirloom-quality
mother-of-pearl inlay.
First, woodworkers precisely drill the months and cardinal directions of north, south,
east, and west into the rim. Next, the artisans fashion fragile sanded and polished
mother-of-pearl pieces that drop exactly into the carved recesses for a perfect fit.
Wood and shell become one.
THE MERIDIAN
To explorers, the meridian is an imaginary great circle that passes through Earth's
geographical Poles, cutting the Equator at right angles.
The ornamental meridian on the Everest Globe provides the globe with an elegant longitudinal
circumference. It begins as a flat band of solid brass, precisely calibrated every ten
degrees by an expert engraver.
Girdlers curve the metal by hand around a wooden form, creating a structure that is both
flexible and strong. Once bent, the meridian is hand-rubbed and lacquered to a gleaming
shine.
MAP
Composed of warm earth tones - soft roses, teals, lavenders, and ocher - this stunning map
marks a departure from the standard primary colors used on other maps. The ocean is painted
in golden tones, causing the edges of continents to glow.
Our patented two-worlds-in-one map features 24 layers of printing. Each map section is
hand-trimmed and painstakingly applied to the glass sphere, then varnished and protected,
creating the appearance of delicate stained glass when the globe is illuminated from within.
The political map offers approximately 6,500 place-names, as well as landmass heights, ocean
depths, and warm and cool currents. Geographic features such as mountain ranges and ice caps
are represented in minute detail.
The highly articulated physical map features land colors tinted to represent vegetaion: arid
lands are buff, temperate forests variegated shades of green, and rain forests a deeper green.
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