It was produced by German geographer and explorer Martin Behaim, and in proper reflection of the known world at the time, doesn’t include North America, South America, Australia, or Antarctica.

They unite knowledge and artistic creation. The oldest preserved globe — the Behaim — is a testament to an early chapter in the history of globalization, with the dark side of colonization.

But the oldest-surviving globe showing our planet was made in 1492 by Martin Behaim of Germany. The first globe to show America was made about 1507. Early globes were made of paper glued to a sphere.