An updated classic, illuminated. The Journey is a bigger-than-usual 14-inch, blue-ocean globe with a high-tech fiberglass sphere, bright cartography, and impressive amount of information. Colors are printed on the inside of the globe to give the illusion of depth, which is exaggerated when the globe is illuminated. This tabletop model is the product of National Geographic (which supplied all 5,000 place names) and Columbus, by reputation the world's oldest maker of globes. Price includes separate domestic shipping via UPS ground.  (GLB14, $249.00)

National Geographic Globes
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