The Replogle Franklin 12 inch diameter Desktop Raised Relief Antique Ocean World Globe is among our best selling models.  The beautiful antique color globe ball and vast amount of information will peak interest of any geographical connoisseur with over 4000 place names and political boundaries.  This globe ball shows mountain peak elevations in feet.  Along the edge of every continental land mass are wavy line markers.  The lines are used to indicate the boundaries between land and ocean.  The world classic maps shows major shipping routes and distances between major shipping ports.  All shipping routes are measured in nautical miles.  The globe is held by a durable, sturdy base and numbered semi meridan marking the earth's degrees of latitude.  The raised relief embossing reveals the world's main mountain ranges in a three dimensional way.