In a world of Google maps, bespoke handcrafted globes are making an unexpected return

The biggest globes, 50 inches in diameter, takes up to 9 months to make.
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In a world of Google maps, bespoke handcrafted globes are making an unexpected return
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Peter Bellerby is one of the last artisan globemakers on earth. But now, he's teaching an entirely new generation of artists the secrets of crafting entire worlds by hand.

10 years ago, he started working on his first globe out of his living room. Today, Bellerby's studio employs 20 people, including cartographers, painters, globemakers, and woodworkers. Currently, they're working on remaking a 17th century celestial globe, commissioned by The Louvre.

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