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The Globemakers: The Curious Story of an Ancient Craft

內容簡介

內容簡介 Peter Bellerby is the founder of Bellerby & Co. Globemakers, the world's only truly bespoke makers of globes. His team of skilled craftspeople make exquisite terrestrial, celestial and planetary globes for customers around the world. The story began after his attempt to find a special globe for his father's 80th birthday. Failing to find anything suitable, he decided to make one himself which took him on an extraordinary journey of rediscovering this forgotten craft.The chapters of The Globemakers take us through the journey of how to build a globe, or 'earth apples' as they were first known, and includes fascinating vignettes on history, art history, astronomy and physics, as well as the day-to-day craftsmanship at the workshop itself.This beautiful book uses illustration, photography and narrative to tell the story of our globe and many different globes it has inspired.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Peter BellerbyPeter Bellerby is a world-renowned globemaker and founder of artisan globemakers Bellerby & Co., the only truly bespoke makers of globes in the world. After a successful career in television, in 2008 Peter began his search for a special globe for his father's 80th birthday. Not finding what he wanted, he set about making a globe himself by hand, which was the start of an arduous and fantastic journey that led to the founding of his company in 2010. Bellerby & Co. Globemakers have won the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the international trade category twice, in 2018 and 2021.

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最佳賣點 : Peter Bellerby is the founder of Bellerby & Co.