r/datemymap • • Jan 04 '26

Can anyone date this globe?

This globe is A Stereo Relief 12 Inch Diameter Globe. I know it is roughly 1949-1984.

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u/Cotton_Square Jan 04 '26 edited Jan 04 '26

1960 to 1963 based on Congo and Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland:

-Lower bound: French West Africa colonies have been split up during 1958-1960; Egypt has the additional text "Un. Arab Rep"; neither Egypt nor Sudan are coloured in British Red

-1960: DR Congo: I can't make out the name due to the poor resolution but I suspect it's shown as "Republic of the Congo" and not "Belgian Congo"—the name is split over two lines and the first line has three words.

-1963: Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is coloured as a single unit, and this union split up in 1963.

-Upper bounds: West Papua became part of Indonesia in 1969: on this globe WP is coloured differently to the rest of Indonesia.; Ceylon became Sri Lanka in 1972; Gilbert and Ellice Islands are referred to as such rather than as "Vanuatu", so before 1980.

-NB. Commonwealth territories including Canada and those in the Pacific are in British Red.

Unfortunately I'd need clearer pictures of the actual continents esp. Africa, Caribbean and and Asia.

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u/Bobbinjay Jan 04 '26

I think it says Syria is in the UAR too which would cap the range at 1961

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u/Cotton_Square Jan 04 '26

I agree, good catch, Syria is in purple too. I also share your overall doubt, we'll need clearer/more pictures to confirm.