748 THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION. 



of its oceans and land masses. The globe of the Chateau of Marly, 

 which is still to be seen in the National Library of I'aris, excited much 

 admiration in the age of Lonis xiv, but it Las only a diameter of about 

 5 meters, and is mnch less eflective for its purpose than its successor in 

 the Paris Exhibition. 



It is significant of the present state of our knowledge of the interior 

 of Africa that the makers of the globe, in preparing their maps, had 

 twice to alter their representation of that continent in order to indicate 

 the results of the most recent geographical discoveries. 



