Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:01:18 +0200Felkl & Sohn: How a Prague globe maker conquered the world then lost it as maps were redrawnhttps://english.radio.cz/felkl-sohn-how-a-prague-globe-maker-conquered-world-then-lost-it-maps-were-8134283© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalIn the days of the Habsburg Empire, nearly every geography class in central Europe would have had a globe made by Felkl & Sohn. At its peak, the family factory north of Prague was producing some 15,000 terrestrial and celestial globes every year. The decline began between the world wars, as Jan Felkl’s own world became smaller and smaller.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/vyroba_globu_felkl.jpg?timestamp=1590407847 Felkl & Sohn: How a Prague globe maker conquered the world then lost it as maps were redrawn https://english.radio.cz/felkl-sohn-how-a-prague-globe-maker-conquered-world-then-lost-it-maps-were-8134283 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9