Hamburg 16" illuminated world globe features an up-to-date dual-cartography.  When illuminated it shows a political map, with current country borders, major cities, bodies of water, etc.  While non-illuminated, the globe displays the physical relief map, with mountain ranges, valleys, ocean depths, land forms, vegetation geographical information and other physical features, as seen at left.

The map is applied in 17 successive layers inside the globe, thus rendering it resistant to fading and scratching. This elegant illuminated desktop world globe is mounted in a brass finish fiberglass semi-meridian and is supported by a solid wood stand.