Ostrich-Egg Globe May Be Oldest to Depict New World
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Cool!
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Really interesting! Though why do they call it Ostrich egg globe?
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Abhi,
This early globe was actually painted on the ostrich egg, if you can believe that. The article states some of the other early forms of maps that people used.
Mr. Martin
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So cool! A natural globe!
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Wow. That’s really cool.
But why did they use ostrich egg?
Because it is big?
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Maybe because it is round like the earth.
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Wow, this is really interesting! Another possible explanation for how the globe came into existence is the artist could have used his/her natural resources to help his/her community understand the Americas better, and they could have used the globe to plan expeditions or other trips. I agree, Mr. Martin, it has a strong connection with the five themes of geography.
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True
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