#babsonworkdglobe

Commissioned by #RogerBabson in 1947, the #BabsonWorkdGlobe was the largest globe of the Earth when it was dedicated in 1955. Babson’s aim was to “impress upon students and other viewers an appreciation of the world as a whole”. At 28 feet in diameter and weighing 25 tons it remains a monumental sight n the #BabsonCollege campus. . . Aspiring cartographers looking for more inspiration around New England might also check out #Eartha in Yarmouth, Maine or the #Mapparium at the Mary Baker Eddy Library in Boston. #maps #globes #cartography #worldslargest #igersnewengland #massachusetts_igers (at Babson College) https://www.instagram.com/p/BySt5B0F5YO/?igshid=fniz03yko5yx