Globe Corner Blogs

Each day, passersby wander into our store to admire our beautiful wooden bookshelves, our selection of floor and desk globes, or our most recent acquisition, the game of Bird-Opoly. Once inside, the more resilient shopper may notice two large map drawers – ostensibly, these drawers serve only as display surfaces but they actually house some of the greatest and most unique treasures in our store.

Here is a small list of some of my favorite “hidden treasures” that aren’t in plain view but deserve to be seen and written about:

Landforms of Asia hand-drawn map by Erwin Raisz: Pen and ink reproduction map of the earth’s physical surface including mountains, plateaus, rivers, and basins. Raisz’s Landforms maps are also available for other parts of the world, including the United States, Italy, Europe, and Mexico.

Historic Urban Plans, Souvenir Series: These rolled reproduction maps, about 14″ x 21″, are just $11 and give unique historical perspectives and city plans for many US cities and some international ones as well. Depending on the city, maps are available from the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

Glow-in-the-dark Map of the Universe: This wall map glows in the dark, which automatically makes it a hidden treasure in my book.

Geographer Globe: A blank globe! This globe may lack place names but it comes with a dry-erase marker…

**Stay tuned for Part Two of the GCB Hidden Treasures Series by Dan**

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Jess is a GCB alum and now contributes to the travel blog as often as she can. Jess attended Middlebury College so she loves the Green Mountain State. She also studied abroad in Paris for a semester and has traveled through much of western Europe and the UK. Her most recent travels include trips to Portland, OR, Los Angeles, CA and Spain (Madrid and Andalusia). She lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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