Hello Map Enthusiasts!

I was looking through old boxes from my childhood and found my grandfather's old globe. I recall each of us using it to look at different countries and learn where they all are. When I opened up the box now, more than a decade after his passing, I decided I wanted to know more about it.

The label says that it is a Cram Imperial Globe, and I looked up how to date the globe based on which countries are in existence on it. I determined that this globe must have been made between May 1990 and October 1990 because it has a unified Yemen on it, but still has East and West Germany on it.

It's in pretty decent shape for its age I think. There are spots where I think grandpa had to tape the equator back on it haha

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[–] 25 points 4 months ago (1 child)

I looked up how to date the globe based on which countries are in existence on it.

Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1688/

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago

    That's pretty awesome! My grandfather had a globe I used a few times that had the USSR and Palestine on it.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Cool!

    But looks to me like it has 2 Yemens:

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