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A RUSSIAN GLOBE SHOWING THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON
Lot 307

A RUSSIAN GLOBE SHOWING THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON

AFTER YURI N. LIPSKIY, POST-1964

Closed21 April 2016

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GBP 4,000

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A RUSSIAN GLOBE SHOWING THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON
AFTER YURI N. LIPSKIY, POST-1964
comprised of twelve gores and two polar calottes printed in Cyrillic, rotating on axis supported on turned wooden stand
23½ (60cm.) high

Specialist note

The cartography is based on the Soviet Luna-3 (1959) and Zond-3 (1964) missions, it is the earliest globe to depict the entire of the far side of the Moon.