{"id":1806723,"date":"2022-04-08T09:28:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T13:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1806723"},"modified":"2022-04-08T09:28:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T13:28:20","slug":"the-fitz-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/04\/the-fitz-globe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fitz Globe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FitzLast month on the Library of Congress\u2019s map blog, Worlds Revealed<\/em>, Julie Stoner shared the story of an educational globe with a unique mount invented by author and teacher Ellen Eliza Fitz<\/a>. \u201cWhile working as a governess, Fitz imagined a new globe mounting technique, as seen in the globe above, that would facilitate students\u2019 understanding of the Earth\u2019s daily rotation and annual revolution. In 1875, she was granted a patent for her invention. A copy of the patent with a sketch of the design, which can be seen below, is held in the Ellen Eliza Fitz papers at the Watertown Free Public Library<\/a> in Massachusetts.\u201d Read the rest at Worlds Revealed<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last month on the Library of Congress\u2019s map blog, Worlds Revealed, Julie Stoner shared the story of an educational globe with a unique mount invented by author and teacher Ellen Eliza Fitz. \u201cWhile working as… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,139],"tags":[26,66,59],"class_list":["post-1806723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","category-education","tag-globes","tag-library-of-congress","tag-loc","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3603,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/12\/miscellaneous-globes\/","url_meta":{"origin":1806723,"position":0},"title":"Miscellaneous Globes","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"12 December 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Random and miscellaneous globe items: James Wilson was America's first globe maker; his Bradford, Vermont-based globe factory opened in 1813. 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