Here you are, holding the world in your hands! Noblemen and statesmen have dreamt about this for centuries, but only a few succeeded in acquiring an expensive, handmade globe. Modern techniques, used by the world's leading globe manufacturers, has made it possible to fulfill the secret, even subconscious wishes of almost all of us: "To hold the whole world in your hands." The illuminated globe gives you two maps - one (political) when non-illuminated and another (physical) when illuminated. The political map shows the international boundaries with Capitals & major cities. The physical map highlights vegetation zones like cultivated land, savanna, tropical rain forests or mountains as well as main ocean currents.