State-of-the-art technology combines with an old-world look and feel to create a very special world globe. As a tribute to early cartographers, the globe is colored using parchment colored oceans and Earth-toned color palette. The look is completed with soft shaded country borders, another traditional cartographic method which shows where boundaries are, but leaves blank space for text for optimum readability. The proprietary National Geographic fonts used also add to the old-world look. Finished off with a calibrated, gold-tone semi-meridian sitting upon a rich, walnut-finished base, this globe has a traditional look, but loaded with state-of-the-art features that make it a truly outstanding choice. Electrical cord, which is not shown in the picture, routes through the base instead of hanging from the south axis as found on most illuminated globes.
