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The Globemakers

The Curious Story of an Ancient Craft


  • Bloomsbury
  • by Peter Bellerby
Peter Bellerby is the founder of Bellerby & Co. Globemakers, the world's only truly bespoke makers of globes. His team of skilled craftspeople make exquisite terrestrial, celestial and planetary globes for customers around the world. The story began after his attempt to find a special globe for his father's 80th birthday. Failing to find anything suitable, he decided to make one himself which took him on an extraordinary journey of rediscovering this forgotten craft.

ISBN 9781526650870 | EN | HB
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Publisher Bloomsbury
ISBN 9781526650870
Author(s) Peter Bellerby
Publication date September 2023
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 275 x 190 mm
Pages 256
Language(s) English ed.
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Peter Bellerby is the founder of Bellerby & Co. Globemakers, the world's only truly bespoke makers of globes. His team of skilled craftspeople make exquisite terrestrial, celestial and planetary globes for customers around the world. The story began after his attempt to find a special globe for his father's 80th birthday. Failing to find anything suitable, he decided to make one himself which took him on an extraordinary journey of rediscovering this forgotten craft.

The chapters of The Globemakers take us through the journey of how to build a globe, or 'earth apples' as they were first known, and includes fascinating vignettes on history, art history, astronomy and physics, as well as the day-to-day craftsmanship at the workshop itself.

This beautiful book uses illustration, photography and narrative to tell the story of our globe and many different globes it has inspired.