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Globus Gores
 
This page attempts to record what is known about the origin and history of the method of covering a globe with paper using Globus Gores. Please contact me if you know any of this information is incorrect or if you have any other information that should be added. Thank you.

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1525

The fourth book of Albrecht Durer's 'Unterweisung der Messung', published in 1525, contained an illustration showing a set of sixteen connected globus gores.

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1759

'Onomatologia curiosa artificiosa et magica oder ganz natürliches Zauber-lexicon', which was published in 1759, contains a section explaining how to cover a ball with paper using the Globus Gores technique,

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